CVE-2005-2259

Domain Name Auction vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

The dispallclosed2 function in dispallclosed.pl for multiple USANet Creations products, including (1) USANet Shopping Mall Software, (2) Domain Name Auction Software, (3) Standard Classified Ads Software, and (4) MakeBid Reverse Auction allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the DISPCLOSED parameter.

Affected vendor

Usanet Creations

Affected product

Domain Name Auction

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2005-07-13

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 4.2% 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-2005-2259

Confirm whether Usanet Creations Domain Name Auction is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2259.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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