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CVE-2005-3789

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3789 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in phpwcms version 1.2.5. Specifically, remote attackers can read arbitrary files by injecting ".." sequences into the form_lang parameter in login.php and the imgdir parameter in random_image.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for unauthorized information disclosure with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.5_devCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwcms:phpwcms:1.2.5_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26512 · Nov 15, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/17590
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/15436
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2452