VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5579
login.php in Pligg CMS 9.5 uses a guessable confirmation code when resetting a forgotten password, which allows remote attackers with knowledge of a username to reset that user's password by calculating the confirmationcode parameter.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
login.php in Pligg CMS 9.5 uses a guessable confirmation code when resetting a forgotten password, which allows remote attackers with knowledge of a username to reset that user's password by calculating the confirmationcode parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- pligg/pligg cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html
- http://osvdb.org/42031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24158Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html
- http://osvdb.org/42031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24158Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.