{"cve":"CVE-2008-7172","nvd":{"published":"2009-09-08T10:30:01.500","modified":"2026-06-16T23:03:45.413","status":"Modified","description":"Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225"],"products":["yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-7172","score":0.02287,"percentile":0.83188,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}