CVE-2007-2506 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
WebSpeed 3.x in OpenEdge 10.x in Progress Software Progress 9.1e, and certain other 9.x versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a messenger URL that invokes _edit.r with no additional parameters, as demonstrated by requests for cgiip.exe or wsisa.dll with WService=wsbroker1/_edit.r in the PATH_INFO.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 3.97% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-05-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| progress | progress |
| progress | webspeed |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Progress WebSpeed 3.0/3.1 - Denial of Service | 2007-05-02 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/35541
- http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/resultDisplay.do?gotoLink=115&docType=1006&clusterName=CombinedCluster&contentId=12&groupId=3&answerGroup=1&score=1932&page=http%3A%2F%2Fprogress.atgnow.com%2Fesprogress%2Fdocs%2FSolutions%2FProgress%2FESERVER_P123694.xhtml&result=0&excerpt=P123694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25129
- http://www.ishare.nl/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467375/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467376/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23778
- http://osvdb.org/35541
- http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/resultDisplay.do?gotoLink=115&docType=1006&clusterName=CombinedCluster&contentId=12&groupId=3&answerGroup=1&score=1932&page=http%3A%2F%2Fprogress.atgnow.com%2Fesprogress%2Fdocs%2FSolutions%2FProgress%2FESERVER_P123694.xhtml&result=0&excerpt=P123694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25129
- http://www.ishare.nl/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467375/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467376/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23778
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