MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2249

Phorum vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
7.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
include/controlcenter/users.php in Phorum before 5.1.22 allows remote authenticated moderators to gain privileges via a modified (1) user_ids POST parameter or (2) userdata array.
Affected vendor
Phorum
Affected product
Phorum
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2007-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2249

  • Confirm whether Phorum Phorum is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2249.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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