CVE-2005-4458

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Metadot Portal Server: 5.5.2.1, 5.6.4, 5.6.4.1, 5.6.4.2, 5.6.4.3, 5.6.5 (+11)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18137
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287
http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
http://www.osvdb.org/22014
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18137
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287

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