CVE•Published 2000-12-19•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2000-0944Cgi · Script_center_news_update
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
Timeline
Published 2000-12-19
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2000-0944Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Cgi Script Center News Update" version:"1.1"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Script Center News Update"HTTP body or banner mentions "Script Center News Update" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2000-0944Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2000-0944Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2000-0944Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2000-0944GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2000-0944" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2000-0944 on GitHub.