CVE-2007-2493

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in faq.php in the FAQ & RULES 2.0.0 and earlier module for mxBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the module_root_path parameter.

Published: 2007-05-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2493 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.83%). Core evidence: 2 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-2007-2493

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3833 exploit_db edb 2007-05-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2493

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 2025-12-21 4.03% 4.83% +0.80%
2 2025-10-19 3.55% 4.03% +0.47%
3 2025-03-30 3.55%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2493

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mxbb mxbb_faq <= 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mxbb:mxbb_faq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mxbb mxbb_rules <= 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mxbb:mxbb_rules:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2493

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