HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2726

Bitscast vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
BitsCast 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an RSS 2.0 feed item with certain invalid strings in a pubDate element, as demonstrated by repeated "../A" or "A/../" patterns.
Affected vendor
Bitscast
Affected product
Bitscast
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2007-05-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2726

  • Confirm whether Bitscast Bitscast is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2726.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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