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CVE-2005-2843

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2843 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Hesk helpdesk software version 0.92, allowing remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by directly requesting admin_main.php without proper username and password verification. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_software:hesk:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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, 0.1 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

marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16623
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22054
securityfocus.com / bid/14692