CVE-2007-5491

Directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via ".." sequences in the lang parameter.

Published: 2007-10-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5491 is rated High Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). EPSS rose +1.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5491

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 1.05% 2.34% +1.29%
2 2025-03-30 1.86% 1.05% -0.81%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.86% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5491

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5491

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-5491: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-05), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/sitebar); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5491
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5491 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sitebar), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5491

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-5491

Solution: Refer to: http://sitebar.org/downloads.php and http://teamforge.net/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tags/release-3.3.9/doc/history.txt?view=markup for patch information.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sitebar sitebar 3.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:sitebar:sitebar:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5491

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