CVE-2007-5579

Pligg CMS 9.5 - Password Reset via Guessable Confirmation Code

Title source: llm

Description

login.php in Pligg CMS 9.5 uses a guessable confirmation code when resetting a forgotten password, which allows remote attackers with knowledge of a username to reset that user's password by calculating the confirmationcode parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by 242th section · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30088

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/42031

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34512

Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24158

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0383.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0268

EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Details

CWE

CWE-255

Status published

Products (1)

pligg/pligg_cms 9.5

Published Oct 18, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026