CVE-2007-5050

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Neuron News 1.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the q parameter.

Published: 2007-09-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5050 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.98%). Core evidence: 1 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-2007-5050

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4439 exploit_db edb 2007-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5050

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 8.30% 2.98% -5.32%
2 2026-05-13 6.53% 8.30% +1.77%
3 2025-11-15 6.53%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5050

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5050

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
neuron_news neuron_news 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:neuron_news:neuron_news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5050

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