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CVE-2005-3005

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3005 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Helpdesk Software Hesk, specifically affecting versions 0.92 and 0.93. Attackers can gain unauthorized access to admin.php and admin_main.php by manipulating the PHPSESSID session ID parameter or cookie. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity flaw allows for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including an ExploitDB entry (EDB-26285), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_software:hesk:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.93CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_software:hesk:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26285 · Sep 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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
secunia.com / advisories/16859
PatchVendor Advisory
phpjunkyard.com / extras/hesk_0931_patch.zip
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/14879
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1792