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CVE-2005-4240

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4240 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in search.php of VCD-db versions 0.98 and earlier, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the 'by' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for malicious actors. Despite the existence of public exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation, significant community discussion, or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.98CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.961CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.961:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.971CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.971:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.972CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.972:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26795 · Dec 13, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/12/vcd-db-vuln.html
osvdb.org / 21699
securityfocus.com / bid/15840
Exploit