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CVE-2004-2553

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2553 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in The Ignition Project's ignitionServer versions 0.1.2 through 0.1.2-R2. Authenticated users with local IRC operator privileges could exploit this by using the unofficial "umode" command with the "+ORD" argument to gain global IRC operator privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:the_ignition_project:ignitionserver:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2_r1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:the_ignition_project:ignitionserver:0.1.2_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2_r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:the_ignition_project:ignitionserver:0.1.2_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cvs.sourceforge.net / viewcvs.py/ignition/ignitionserver/docs/security/20040302-operator-privilege-escalation.txt
secunia.com / advisories/11017
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15363
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
osvdb.org / 4121
securityfocus.com / bid/9783
Patch