VDB
CVE-2005-4458
CVE-2005-4458
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9 CRITICAL
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
EPSS 1.77% · 77.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
9
EPSS Score
1.77%
77.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metadot | metadot_portal_server | 5.6.5.1, 5.5.2.1, 5.6.4 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Dec 21, 2005 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 287 third-party-advisory
- 18137 third-party-advisory
- 22014 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4458 advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030 url
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html patch
- http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632 technical
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975 patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847 technical