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CVE-2004-1796
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1)…
High7.5EPSS 9.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 3332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040104 HotNews arbitary file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1008608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 3405 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- hotnews-php-file-include(14140) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 9357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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