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)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- HotNews 0.7.2 - Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12160webapps, phppublished 11 Apr 2010Verified
- HotNews 0.x - 'hotnews-engine.inc.php3?config[header]' Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23517webapps, phppublished 5 Jan 2004Verified
- HotNews 0.x - 'config[incdir]' Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23518webapps, phppublished 5 Jan 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
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
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1790 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-1796)Record last updated .