MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2192

Simple Php Blog vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
SimplePHPBlog 0.4.0 stores password hashes in config/password.txt with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a brute force attack.
Affected vendor
Alexander Palmo
Affected product
Simple Php Blog
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2005-07-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2192

  • Confirm whether Alexander Palmo Simple Php Blog is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2192.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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