THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-1784
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1784

Hosting Controller vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.6%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Hosting Controller 6.1 HotFix 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to steal passwords and gain privileges via a modified emailaddress parameter in an updateprofile action for UserProfile.asp.
Affected vendor
Hosting Controller
Affected product
Hosting Controller
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-05-27

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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1784

  • Confirm whether Hosting Controller Hosting Controller is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1784.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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