CVE-2007-2985 — Pheap 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting a pheap_login cookie value to the administrator's username, which can be used to (1) obtain sensitive information, including the administrator password, via settings.php or (2) upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via an update_doc action in edit.php

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HIGH

Pheap 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting a pheap_login cookie value to the administrator's username, which can be used to (1) obtain sensitive information, including the administrator password, via settings.php or (2) upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via an update_doc action in edit.php

Published Jun 1, 2007

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.17%

Description

Pheap 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting a pheap_login cookie value to the administrator's username, which can be used to (1) obtain sensitive information, including the administrator password, via settings.php or (2) upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via an update_doc action in edit.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.17% 0.04169

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04169

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 (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	4.17% (0.04169)	90.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.17% (0.04169)	89.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 26, 2025	16.24% (0.16236)	94.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 28, 2025	15.23% (0.15230)	94.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	3.16% (0.03156)	85.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	7.52% (0.07522)	86.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.16% (0.03156)	86.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.35% (0.02348)	90.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 4, 2024	2.21% (0.02205)	89.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 26, 2024	2.26% (0.02264)	89.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 3, 2023	1.93% (0.01928)	87.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 28, 2023	1.75% (0.01749)	86.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.68% (0.01679)	85.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/36737
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/25460
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34592
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4006
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/36737		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/25460		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34592		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4006		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 1, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 31, 2007

Link CVE-2007-2985

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-2985

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-2985