CVE-2007-3331
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in STphp EasyNews PRO 4.0 allows remote attackers to change the admin password via (1) a certain HTML form that is posted automatically by JavaScript or (2) a news post.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in STphp EasyNews PRO 4.0 allows remote attackers to change admin passwords by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious web pages or crafted news posts containing auto-submitting HTML forms that perform password changes without the admin's consent.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm STphp EasyNews PRO installationLocate the EasyNews installation directory and identify the product name from application files or web server document rootAffected if STphp EasyNews PRO is installed on the web server
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Identify the installed versionCheck version.php, index.php, or any About/Info page within the EasyNews installation for the exact version numberAffected if Version is 4.0 exactly (the only affected version)
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Verify admin interface is accessibleNavigate to the admin login page (typically /admin/ or /easyadmin/ path) and confirm it loads without being blocked by network restrictionsAffected if Admin panel is reachable and accepts authentication
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Check password change form for anti-CSRF protectionAccess the admin password change form, view the page source, and search for anti-CSRF tokens, hidden token fields, or Referer validation logic in the HTML formAffected if The password change form lacks anti-CSRF tokens or hidden validation fields, meaning an attacker can craft a malicious form that exploits the authenticated admin session
A user is affected if they run STphp EasyNews PRO version 4.0 with an accessible admin panel and the password change form lacks anti-CSRF token validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens in all admin forms, validate the Referer header, and require re-authentication for sensitive operations like password changes.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2007-3331 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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