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CVE-2005-2869

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2869 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.6.4. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, specifically through the Username field in libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php or the error parameter in error.php. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity (information disclosure) without affecting confidentiality or availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit for the 'error.php' XSS is available on ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for a vulnerability of this age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26199 · Aug 28, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0509 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

secunia.com / advisories/16605
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17337
secunia.com / advisories/17559
secunia.com / advisories/17607
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-880
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_66_phpmyadmin.html