CVE-2007-2249

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2249 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.92%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2249

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29889 exploit_db edb 2007-04-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2249

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 2025-12-12 15.41% 15.92% +0.51%
2 2025-08-11 15.93% 15.41% -0.53%
3 2025-04-01 15.93%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2249

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum <= 5.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2249

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