# CVE-2004-1573: Misconfiguration in n/a

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and gain admin privileges if the users.db.php file has 777 permissions as suggested by documentation.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xm72-c99x-fm79

## What is CVE-2004-1573?

CVE-2004-1573 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The documentation for AJ-Fork 167 implies that users should set permissions for users.db.php to 777, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PHP code and gain privileges as the administrator.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1573?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Aj-Fork Aj-Fork, Cutephp Cutenews.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1573?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-1573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2004-1571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1571/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2004-1572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1572/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1573 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1573 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1573/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1573
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1573
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1573

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1573/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.