CVE-2007-2618

CRLF injection vulnerability in index.php in Drake CMS 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in the lang parameter. NOTE: Drake CMS has only a beta version available, and the vendor has previously stated "We do not consider security reports valid until the first official release of Drake CMS."

Published: 2007-05-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2618 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2618

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 0.88% 1.19% +0.31%
2 2025-12-28 0.68% 0.88% +0.20%
3 2025-03-17 0.68%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2618

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2618

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-2618

Impact: In order to make the exploit work, the attacker would have to craft a webpage (hosted on the same domain as the Drake CMS website) and have the Drake CMS user make a post from that page. Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-2618

  • Drake CMS (2007-05-16T00:00:00)

    An apposite mailing list ([email protected]) has been created to discuss all publicly disclosed security reports (mostly from National Vulnerability Database and Security Focus); for the valid security reports temporary solutions will be offered even before the official patch release. Specific patches will be released for all critical vulnerabilities (available through the automatic update feature). This vulnerability has been fixed in the upcoming Drake CMS v0.4.1 Beta, previous versions’ users can update their software directly from the administrative backend. Cumulative patches will also be available in the project downloads area. References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools -> http://drakecms.sourceforge.net/ (official vendor website) will soon contain news about the security vulnerabilities and the released patches.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2618

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drake_team drake_cms 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:drake_team:drake_cms:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2618

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