CVE-2007-6497

Exp

Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier (1) allows remote attackers to change arbitrary user profiles via a request to Hosting/Addreseller.asp with modified loginname and email parameters; and (2) allows remote authenticated users to change a credit amount and increase a discount via an UpdateUser action to Accounts/AccountActions.asp with modified UserName, FullName, CreditLimit, and DefaultDiscount parameters, a related issue to CVE-2005-2219.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6497 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.67%). 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-2007-6497

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6497

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 2025-11-26 1.50% 1.67% +0.17%
2 2025-10-01 1.34% 1.50% +0.16%
3 2025-03-30 1.34%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6497

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

References for CVE-2007-6497

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