CVE-2007-5835: Bosdev Bosnews

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Install.php in BosDev BosNews 4 and 5 does not require authentication for replacing an existing product installation or creating a new admin account, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overwritten files) and possibly obtain administrative access.

Affected products

• Bosdev Bosnews: version 4 only; version 5 only

Published 2007-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.