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CVE-2004-1516

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1516 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in phpWebSite 0.9.3-4, specifically within the index.php file's user module. This flaw allows remote attackers to perform HTTP Response Splitting attacks by manipulating the block_username parameter, potentially modifying the expected HTML content returned to users. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with no authentication required and only partial impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
phpwebsite.appstate.edu / index.php
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/13172
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200411-35.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18046
securityfocus.com / bid/11673
ExploitPatch