HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2290

Web Portal System vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
wps_shop.cgi in WPS Web Portal System 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) art and (2) cat variables.
Affected vendor
Wps
Affected product
Web Portal System
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-07-18

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 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2290

  • Confirm whether Wps Web Portal System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2290.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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