CVE-2007-4232

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/inc/change_action.php in Andreas Robertz PHPNews 0.93 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the format_menue parameter.

Published: 2007-08-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4232 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 76.64%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4232

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4268 exploit_db edb 2007-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4232

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 2026-03-27 76.15% 76.64% +0.49%
2 2026-02-06 76.50% 76.15% -0.35%
3 2025-11-07 76.50%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4232

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4232

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4232

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andreas_robertz phpnews 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_robertz:phpnews:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4232

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