CVE-2005-2383: Phpnews

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user parameter in an HTTP POST request.

Affected products

• Phpnews Phpnews: version 1.2.5 only

Published 2005-07-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.