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CVE-2005-4458

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.0 Published: 2005-12-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Metadot Metadot Portal Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References