CVE-2007-5646

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in Sources/Search.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.3, when MySQL 5 is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the userspec parameter in a search2 action to index.php.

Published: 2007-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5646 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). Core evidence: 2 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-2007-5646

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4547 exploit_db edb 2007-10-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5646

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 2026-01-07 1.57% 1.68% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 1.37% 1.57% +0.20%
3 2025-03-29 1.37%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5646

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-2007-5646

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5646

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5646

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