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CVE-2005-2556

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2556 describes a critical vulnerability in Mantis versions 0.19.0a1 through 1.0.0a3, where remote attackers can connect to internal databases by manipulating the g_db_type variable when register_globals is enabled. This allows for potential unauthorized access to sensitive data and system manipulation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0a1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0a2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16506
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-778
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-16.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/14604
Patch