CVE-2002-2143: Mysimplenews

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.

Affected products

• Mysimplenews Mysimplenews: version 1.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.