# CVE-2007-2785: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can create administrative accounts in eSyndiCat Pro by manipulating parameters in manage-admins.php without authentication.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 May 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8v5-w6hc-47fv

## What is CVE-2007-2785?

CVE-2007-2785 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

manage-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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2785?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Esyndicat Esyndicat Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-2785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-5177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5177/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2785 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2785 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2785/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2785/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2785
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2785
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2785

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2785/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.