CVE-2007-2493

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2007-2493 · Published 04/05/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-2493 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting mxbb faq (mxbb), mxbb rules (mxbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.0%, higher than 90.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mxbb faq mxbb	`≤ 2.0.0`	No fix yet
mxbb rules mxbb	`≤ 2.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in faq.php in the FAQ & RULES 2.0.0 and earlier module for mxBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the module_root_path parameter.

References

osvdb.org/37613
securityfocus.com/bid/23758 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1631
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34008
exploit-db.com/exploits/3833

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