THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-1559
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1559

Nexusway vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The web module in Neteyes Nexusway allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via hex-encoded shell metacharacters in the ip parameter for (1) nslookup.cgi or (2) ping.cgi.
Affected vendor
Neteyes
Affected product
Nexusway
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-05-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1559

  • Confirm whether Neteyes Nexusway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1559.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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