CVE-2004-0291

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in post.php for YaBB SE 1.5.4 and 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to obtain hashed passwords via the quote parameter.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0291 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.42%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0291

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23710 exploit_db edb 2004-02-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0291

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.37% 1.42% +1.05%
2 2025-03-30 0.50% 0.37% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 0.50%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0291

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0291

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yabb yabb 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:1.5.4:*:second_edition:*:*:*:*:*
yabb yabb 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:1.5.5:*:second_edition:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0291

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