CVE-2007-2985 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 4.17% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pheap | pheap |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Pheap 2.0 - Authentication Bypass / Remote Code Execution | 2007-05-29 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/36737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25460
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34592
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4006
- http://osvdb.org/36737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25460
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34592
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4006
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