CVE-2007-5579

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

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.

Affected products

Pligg Cms: 9.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html
http://osvdb.org/42031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24158
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html
http://osvdb.org/42031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24158
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512

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