CVE-2007-4899

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search.

Published: 2007-09-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4899 is rated Exploit Available (56.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). 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-2007-4899

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30576 exploit_db edb 2007-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗
30575 exploit_db edb 2007-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4899

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 1.77% 1.49% -0.28%
2 2026-05-03 1.46% 1.77% +0.31%
3 2025-11-19 1.46%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4899

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4899

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4899

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
berkeley boinc_forum <= 5.10.20 cpe:2.3:a:berkeley:boinc_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4899

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