THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-4135
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4135

Simplebbs vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Direct static code injection vulnerability in includes/newtopic.php in SimpleBBS 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Host header (possibly the name parameter or variable), which is then written to data/topics.php.
Affected vendor
Simplemedia
Affected product
Simplebbs
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-12-09

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 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4135

  • Confirm whether Simplemedia Simplebbs is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4135.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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