CVE-2007-4240 describes a vulnerability in Help Center Live (hcl) 2.1.3a where the check_logout function fails to exit after redirecting due to missing administrative credentials. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to delete administrative users and potentially cause other unspecified impacts through requests to scripts like admin/departments.php and admin/operators.php. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.3aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:help_center_live:help_center_live:2.1.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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