Description
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
Published: 2005-12-21
Score: 9.0 Critical
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4453 Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
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Metadot Metadot Portal Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.211Z

Reserved: 2005-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4458

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-21T11:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4458

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