CVE-2007-4874 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SimpNews 2.41.03 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) l_username parameter to admin/layout2b.php, and the (2) backurl parameter to comment.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.82% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-09-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| boesch-it | simpnews |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SimpNews 2.41.3 - 'l_username' Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-09-25 |
| exploit-db | SimpNews 2.41.3 - 'backurl' Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-09-25 |
References
- http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26965
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3166
- http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0070
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480598/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25809
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36774
- http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26965
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3166
- http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0070
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480598/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25809
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36774
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