VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-4458

CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability1.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-12-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.

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