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CVE-2005-3846

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3846 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Fantastic News 2.1.1 and earlier, specifically within the news.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'category' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no indication of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fscripts:fantastic_news:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26647 · Nov 29, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/11/fantastic-news-category-sql-inj.html
secunia.com / advisories/17758
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23215
osvdb.org / 21162
securityfocus.com / bid/15622
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2595