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CVE-2005-2166

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2166 describes an SQL injection vulnerability in Plague News System version 0.6 and earlier, specifically within the index.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'cid' parameter. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring low attack complexity and potentially leading to partial data integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4rc4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dark-assassins.com / forum/viewtopic.php
ExploitVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
secunia.com / advisories/15902
Vendor Advisory