CVE-2007-6540

HIGH 7.5CVE-2007-6540 · Published 27/12/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-6540 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting news (neuron).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 64.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
news neuron	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in neuron news 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the q parameter to the default URI in patch/.

References

osvdb.org/39988
securityreason.com/securityalert/3489
securityfocus.com/archive/1/485176/100/0/threaded

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