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CVE-2007-2506

WebSpeed 3.x in OpenEdge 10.x in Progress Software Progress 9.1e, and certain other 9.x versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a messenger URL that invokes _edit.r with no additional parameters, as demonstrated by requests for cgiip.exe or wsisa.dll with WService=wsbroker1/_edit.r in the PATH_INFO.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-2506 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from progress, from progress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2007-05-04T01:19:00.000

Last Modified

2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	progress	progress	9.1e	Yes
Application	progress	webspeed	3.0	Yes
Application	progress	webspeed	3.1a	Yes
Application	progress	webspeed	3.1d	Yes
Application	progress	webspeed	3.1e	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/35541 ([email protected])
http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/resultDisplay.do?gotoLink=115&docType=1006&clusterName=CombinedCluster&contentId=12&groupId=3&answerGroup=1&score=1932&page=http%3A%2F%2Fprogress.atgnow.com%2Fesprogress%2Fdocs%2FSolutions%2FProgress%2FESERVER_P123694.xhtml&result=0&excerpt=P123694 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25129 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ishare.nl/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467375/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467376/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23778 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/35541 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/resultDisplay.do?gotoLink=115&docType=1006&clusterName=CombinedCluster&contentId=12&groupId=3&answerGroup=1&score=1932&page=http%3A%2F%2Fprogress.atgnow.com%2Fesprogress%2Fdocs%2FSolutions%2FProgress%2FESERVER_P123694.xhtml&result=0&excerpt=P123694 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25129 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ishare.nl/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467375/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467376/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23778 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For progress's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.