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Case File

CVE-2008-7172

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-09-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-7172
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.29%

Original NVD 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.