Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group
Published Dec 21, 2005
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.77%
Description
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.5.2.1
- 5.6.4
- 5.6.4.1
- 5.6.4.2
- 5.6.4.3
- 5.6.5
- 5.6.5.1
- 5.6.5.2
- 5.6.5.3
- 5.6.5.3.1
- 5.6.5.4b5
- 5.6.6
- 6.4
- 6.4.1
- 6.4.2
- 6.4.3
- 6.4.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.77% (0.01767) | 77.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.77% (0.01767) | 75.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.40% (0.02396) | 83.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00460) | 76.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 76.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 73.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18137 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/22014 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18137 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22014 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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