news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.184Z
Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2000-0720

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2000-0720

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