CVE-2004-1796 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) config[header] parameter to hotnews-engine.inc.php3 or (2) config[incdir] parameter to hnmain.inc.php3.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.33% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hotnews | hotnews |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | HotNews 0.7.2 - Remote File Inclusion | 2010-04-11 |
| exploit-db | HotNews 0.x - 'hotnews-engine.inc.php3?config[header]' Remote File Inclusion | 2004-01-05 |
| exploit-db | HotNews 0.x - 'config[incdir]' Remote File Inclusion | 2004-01-05 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10551
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1008608
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594
- http://www.osvdb.org/3332
- http://www.osvdb.org/3405
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348840
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9357
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14140
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10551
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1008608
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594
- http://www.osvdb.org/3332
- http://www.osvdb.org/3405
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348840
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9357
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14140
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