Directory traversal vulnerability in richedit/keyboard.php in eCardMAX HotEditor (Hot Editor) 4.0, and the HotEditor plugin for MyBB, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the first parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1906 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.59%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29827 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-04-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-27 | 15.09% | 15.59% | +0.50% |
| 2 | 2025-06-25 | 14.29% | 15.09% | +0.79% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 14.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecardmax.com | hot_editor | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:ecardmax.com:hot_editor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mybb | mybb_hot_editor_plugin | — | cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb_hot_editor_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |