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CVE-2005-0290

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0290 describes a filter bypass vulnerability in NETGEAR FVS318 firewalls running firmware 2.4, and potentially other versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by using hex-encoded URLs, specifically hex-encoded file extensions, to circumvent security filters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:fvs318:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0199 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030984.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/13787
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18920
securinews.com / vuln.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/12278
ExploitVendor Advisory