CVE-2007-6495

Hosting Controller <6.1 Hot fix 3.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-6495. PoCs published by BugReport.IR.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates multiple vulnerabilities in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix <= 3.3, including authentication bypass, privilege escalation, and arbitrary file upload leading to remote code execution. It provides detailed steps and HTML/JS PoC code for exploiting these flaws.

Description

inc_newuser.asp in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the permissions of directories named (1) db, (2) www, (3) Special, and (4) log at arbitrary locations under the web root via a modified Dirroot parameter in an AddUser action to accounts/AccountActions.asp. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by changing the permissions of \Forum\db, which is configured for execution of ASP scripts with administrative privileges, and then uploading a script to \Forum\db.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by BugReport.IR · textwebappsasp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730

The exploit demonstrates multiple vulnerabilities in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix <= 3.3, including authentication bypass, privilege escalation, and arbitrary file upload leading to remote code execution. It provides detailed steps and HTML/JS PoC code for exploiting these flaws.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce | Auth Bypass | Sqli | Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix <= 3.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Hosting Controller web interface
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/44184
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28973
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3474
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26862
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019222

Scores

EPSS 0.0217
EPSS Percentile 84.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
hosting_controller/hosting_controller 6.1_hotfix_3.3
Published Dec 20, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026