CVE-2007-2988

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Inout Scripts Inout Meta Search Engine: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/42034
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2763
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469808/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24189
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24199
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34563
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4004
http://osvdb.org/42034
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2763
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469808/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24189
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24199

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