CVE-2007-5728

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.5 to 4.1.1, and possibly 4.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain input available in PHP_SELF in (1) redirect.php, possibly related to (2) login.php, different vectors than CVE-2007-2865.

Published: 2007-10-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5728 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.64%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +14.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-5728

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30090 exploit_db edb 2007-05-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5728

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 0.52% 14.64% +14.12%
2 2026-03-04 0.32% 0.52% +0.20%
3 2026-03-01 0.32%

Full EPSS history (32 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5728

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-2007-5728

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5728

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-5728 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5728
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5728 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5728

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