THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-6495
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-6495

Hosting Controller vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
inc_newuser.asp in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the permissions of directories named (1) db, (2) www, (3) Special, and (4) log at arbitrary locations under the web root via a modified Dirroot parameter in an AddUser action to accounts/AccountActions.asp. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by changing the permissions of \Forum\db, which is configured for execution of ASP scripts with administrative privileges, and then uploading a script to \Forum\db.
Affected vendor
Hosting Controller
Affected product
Hosting Controller
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2007-12-20

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 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-6495

  • Confirm whether Hosting Controller Hosting Controller is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-6495.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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