MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-0698

Phpweblog vulnerability

CVSS
4.6
EPSS
8.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in PHPWebLog 0.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the (1) G_PATH parameter to init.inc.php or the (2) PATH parameter to index.php to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.
Affected vendor
Jason Hines
Affected product
Phpweblog
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0698

  • Confirm whether Jason Hines Phpweblog is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0698.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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