Is CVE-2007-4465 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4465 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4465?

CVE-2007-4465 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4465

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 26.2%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mod_autoindex.c in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.2.6, when the charset on a server-generated page is not defined, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the P parameter using the UTF-7 charset. NOTE: it could be argued that this issue is due to a design limitation of browsers that attempt to perform automatic content type detection.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.1 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 26.2% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4448)
Published: September 14, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4448 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 17, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / http server

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186219(Third Party Advisory)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26842(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26952(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27563(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27732(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28467(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28471(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28607(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28749(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31651(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33105(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/46(Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3113(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019194(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-032.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.6(Broken Link)
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200807e.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:014(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_61_apache2.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00320.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0911.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0004.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0005.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0006.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0008.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479237/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25653(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-575-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36586(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10929(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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