CVE-2007-5913
dirsys/modules/auth.php in JBC Explorer 7.20 RC1 and earlier does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) delete…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 7.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
dirsys/modules/auth.php in JBC Explorer 7.20 RC1 and earlier does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) delete auth.inc.php via the suppr parameter, and (2) re-create the auth.inc.php file with contents that specify a new account name and password for JBC Explorer via the login and password parameters.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- JBC Explorer 7.20 RC 1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4608webapps, phppublished 5 Nov 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4608 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 27533 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- jbcexplorer-authinc-security-bypass(38269) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 42069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://mgsdl.free.fr/?1:33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071104 JBC Explorer <= V7.20 RC 1 Remote Code Execution Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 4608 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5883 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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