THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-2626
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2626

Kismet vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.
Affected vendor
Kismet
Affected product
Kismet
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-08-19

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 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2626

  • Confirm whether Kismet Kismet is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2626.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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