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TI-2005-04201 Aliases CVE-2005-4458GHSA-xv56-7cfh-4v8j

Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01767 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 17

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.2.1VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.4VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.4.1VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.4.2VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.4.3VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5.1VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5.2VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5.3VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5.3.1VulnerableMetadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.2.1 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.4 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.4.1 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.4.2 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.4.3 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5.1 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5.2 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5.3 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5.3.1 Vulnerable ·Metadot
Show 7 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.4b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.5.4b5VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.6VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4.1VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4.2VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4.3VulnerableMetadot
cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4.4VulnerableMetadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.5.4b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.5.4b5 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.6 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.1 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.2 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.3 Vulnerable ·Metadot
  • cpe:2.3:a:metadot:metadot_portal_server:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.4 Vulnerable ·Metadot

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4458
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xv56-7cfh-4v8j

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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