THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-4171
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4171

Efiction vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.9%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The "Upload new image" command in the "Manage Images" eFiction 1.1, when members are allowed to upload images, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a filename with a .php extension that contains a GIF header, which passes the image validity check but executes any PHP code within the file.
Affected vendor
Efiction Project
Affected product
Efiction
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-12-11

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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4171

  • Confirm whether Efiction Project Efiction is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4171.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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