CVE-2007-1998

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Direct static code injection vulnerability in HIOX Guest Book (HGB) 4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code via the Email field, which results in code execution through a direct request to gb.php.

Published: 2007-04-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1998 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.75%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1998

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3697 exploit_db edb 2007-04-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1998

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 2026-06-15 6.72% 8.75% +2.03%
2 2025-11-29 6.10% 6.72% +0.62%
3 2025-03-30 6.10%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1998

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hiox_india guest_book 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:hiox_india:guest_book:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1998

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