CVE-2007-2785
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedmanage-admins.php in eSyndiCat Pro 1.x allows remote attackers to create additional administrative accounts, and have other unspecified impact, via modified username, new_pass, new_pass2, status, super, and certain other parameters in an add action.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceeSyndiCat Pro 1.x contains an insecure direct object reference or authorization bypass in manage-admins.php. Remote attackers can create additional administrative accounts by manipulating parameters (username, new_pass, new_pass2, status, super, and others) in an 'add' action, effectively escalating privileges or establishing persistent access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.xCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate manage-admins.php fileSearch the web root directory for the file manage-admins.php. Common paths may include /admin/, /includes/, or the main web directory.Affected if The file exists on the server.
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Check for authentication logic in manage-admins.phpOpen manage-admins.php and examine the code at the beginning. Look for session checks, role verification, or permission checks that occur before any 'add' action handling.Affected if No authentication or authorization check is performed before processing the 'add' action.
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Verify 'add' action handlingSearch the code for the 'add' action handling (look for code that processes parameters like username, new_pass, status, super). Check if this block is reachable without proper admin privileges.Affected if The 'add' action processes parameters (username, new_pass, new_pass2, status, super) without verifying the requester has admin privileges.
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Test unauthorized admin creation (if safe to do so)In an isolated test environment, attempt to access manage-admins.php with an 'add' action and craft a request with admin-related parameters (username, new_pass, status=admin, super=1) without valid admin credentials.Affected if The request succeeds and creates a new admin account without requiring valid administrator authentication.
A user is affected if the manage-admins.php file exists and the 'add' action can create administrative accounts without proper authorization verification.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict access to manage-admins.php by implementing proper authentication and role-based authorization checks before allowing add/edit operations on administrative accounts. Validate that the requesting user has sufficient privileges.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2007-2785 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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