CVE-2007-6495

Exp

inc_newuser.asp in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the permissions of directories named (1) db, (2) www, (3) Special, and (4) log at arbitrary locations under the web root via a modified Dirroot parameter in an AddUser action to accounts/AccountActions.asp. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by changing the permissions of \Forum\db, which is configured for execution of ASP scripts with administrative privileges, and then uploading a script to \Forum\db.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6495 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.37%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6495

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4730 exploit_db edb 2007-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6495

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 2.17% 4.37% +2.20%
2 2025-11-26 1.95% 2.17% +0.22%
3 2025-10-05 1.95%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6495

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6495

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6495

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hosting_controller hosting_controller 6.1_hotfix_3.3 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:6.1_hotfix_3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6495

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