{
    "id": "CVE-2004-1796",
    "published": "2004-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:08:25",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.09325",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95244",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "hotnews",
            "product": "hotnews"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "12160",
            "title": "HotNews 0.7.2 - Remote File Inclusion",
            "date": "2010-04-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12160"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "23517",
            "title": "HotNews 0.x - 'hotnews-engine.inc.php3?config[header]' Remote File Inclusion",
            "date": "2004-01-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23517"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "23518",
            "title": "HotNews 0.x - 'config[incdir]' Remote File Inclusion",
            "date": "2004-01-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23518"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}