CVE-2007-2506

Exp

WebSpeed 3.x in OpenEdge 10.x in Progress Software Progress 9.1e, and certain other 9.x versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a messenger URL that invokes _edit.r with no additional parameters, as demonstrated by requests for cgiip.exe or wsisa.dll with WService=wsbroker1/_edit.r in the PATH_INFO.

Published: 2007-05-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2506 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.97%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-2506

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29943 exploit_db edb 2007-05-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2506

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 1.47% 3.97% +2.50%
2 2026-05-28 1.35% 1.47% +0.11%
3 2025-12-21 1.35%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2506

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2506

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2506

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
progress progress 9.1e cpe:2.3:a:progress:progress:9.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress webspeed 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:progress:webspeed:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress webspeed 3.1a cpe:2.3:a:progress:webspeed:3.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress webspeed 3.1d cpe:2.3:a:progress:webspeed:3.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress webspeed 3.1e cpe:2.3:a:progress:webspeed:3.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2506

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