Vulnerability in Metadot Portal Server
CVE-2005-4458
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Metadot Portal Server — versions 5.5.2.1, 5.6.4, 5.6.4.1
References
- www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/287 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18137 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.osvdb.org/22014 (vdb-entry)