CVE-2007-5072

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Simple PHP Blog (SPHPBlog) before 0.5.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain user_colors array parameters to certain user_style.php files under themes/, as demonstrated by the user_colors[bg_color] parameter.

Published: 2007-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5072 is rated Low Risk (39.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5072

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 2025-03-17 0.57% 0.47% -0.10%
2 2024-11-19 0.76% 0.57% -0.19%
3 2024-09-04 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5072

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-2007-5072

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5072

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alexander_palmo simple_php_blog <= 0.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:alexander_palmo:simple_php_blog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5072

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