CVE-2007-3018 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

activeWeb contentserver CMS before 5.6.2964 does not limit the file-creation ability of editors who have restricted accounts, which allows these editors to create files in arbitrary directories.

Published: 2007-07-17

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:activeweb:contentserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3010	activeWeb contentserver CMS before 5.6.2964 does not limit the file-creation ability of editors who have restricted accounts, which allows these editors to create files in arbitrary directories.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00541.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/39746
http://secunia.com/advisories/26063
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2899
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2007-007.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473629/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24900
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35400

History

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Subscriptions

Activeweb Contentserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:54.938Z

Reserved: 2007-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3018

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-17T00:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-3018

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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