CVE-2005-4853

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The default configuration of the forum package in eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.5, 3.6 before 3.6.2, 3.7 before 3.7.0rc2, and 3.8 before 20050818 does not restrict edit permissions to a posting's owner, which allows remote authenticated users to edit arbitrary postings.

Affected products

Ez Publish: 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4

References

http://ez.no/download/ez_publish/changelogs/ez_publish_3_8/changelog_3_6_x_3_7_x_to_3_8_0
http://issues.ez.no/7052
http://ez.no/download/ez_publish/changelogs/ez_publish_3_8/changelog_3_6_x_3_7_x_to_3_8_0
http://issues.ez.no/7052

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