Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-5579

Title: Pligg Pligg Cms

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2007-5579

CWE Category CWE-255

Published Date Oct 18, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-5579: 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.

Impacted Vendors

pligg 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-5579 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30088

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 18, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.