CVE-2005-4458 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Metadot Portal Server versions 6.4.4 and earlier. It allows authenticated users to gain administrator privileges by exploiting improper resetting of global variables ($IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, $IS_MANAGER) when checking for special permissions, specifically by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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