CVE-2007-5038

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5038
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-24 00:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe offer_account_by_email function in User.pm in the WebService for Bugzilla before 3.0.2, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, does not check the value of the createemailregexp parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on account creation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugzilla "createemailregexp" Security Bypass Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for bugzilla - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 299981 – CVE-2007-5038 Security Advisory for Bugzilla 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
3.0.1 and 3.1.1 Security Advisory :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bugzilla.org Patch
395632 – [SECURITY] XML-RPC WebService Bugzilla::User::offer_account_by_email does not check createemailregexp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bugzilla WebService Lets Remote Users Create Accounts - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bugzilla User.PM Unauthorized Account Creation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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