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CVE-2005-3996

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3996 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Zen Cart versions 1.2.6d and earlier, specifically within the admin/password_forgotten.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'admin_email' parameter. While the CVSS score is 5.1, indicating a medium severity, the attack complexity is high, and successful exploitation could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.6dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1354 · Dec 2, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

rgod.altervista.org / zencart_126d_xpl.html
secunia.com / advisories/17869
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23510
osvdb.org / 21411
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/418517/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/418995/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15690
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2728
Vendor Advisory