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$ cve CVE-2005-1708 JSON

CVE-2005-1708 EXPLOIT

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 67)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

templates.admin.users.user_form_processing in Blue Coat Reporter before 7.1.2 allows authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an HTTP POST that sets volatile.user.administrator to true.

Scoring

CVSS4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS1.17% — more likely to be exploited than 67% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2005-05-24
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
bluecoatreporter

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbBlue Coat Reporter 7.0/7.1 - Privilege Escalation2005-05-24

References

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