HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1787

Phpstat vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
12.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
setup.php in phpStat 1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the $check variable.
Affected vendor
Phpstat
Affected product
Phpstat
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
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 12.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1787

  • Confirm whether Phpstat Phpstat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1787.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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