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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-1796 · published 31 December 2004

CVE-2004-1796: Hotnews vulnerability

Hotnews · Hotnews

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 9.3% · top 4.8%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
9.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/10551 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1008608 ExploitPatch
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594 Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/3332
http://www.osvdb.org/3405
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348840 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9357 ExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14140
http://secunia.com/advisories/10551 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1008608 ExploitPatch
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594 Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/3332
http://www.osvdb.org/3405
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348840 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9357 ExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14140

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-1796), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.