CVE-2007-2988

critical

Description

A certain admin script in Inout Meta Search Engine sends a redirect to the web browser but does not exit when administrative credentials are missing, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code, as demonstrated by a request to admin/create_engine.php followed by a request to admin/generate_tabs.php.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4004

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34563

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24199

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24189

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469808/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2763

http://osvdb.org/42034

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08219