CVE-2007-5579

critical

Description

login.php in Pligg CMS 9.5 uses a guessable confirmation code when resetting a forgotten password, which allows remote attackers with knowledge of a username to reset that user's password by calculating the confirmationcode parameter.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512

http://osvdb.org/42031

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-18

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: 0.02682