MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-0828

Ciamos vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
9.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
highlight.php in (1) RUNCMS 1.1A, (2) CIAMOS 0.9.2 RC1, (3) e-Xoops 1.05 Rev3, and possibly other products based on e-Xoops (exoops), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary PHP files by specifying the pathname in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading database configuration information from mainfile.php.
Affected vendor
Ciamos
Affected product
Ciamos
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2005-05-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 9.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0828.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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