The Quick Buttons feature in Konversation 0.15 allows remote attackers to execute certain IRC commands via a channel name containing "%" variables, which are recursively expanded by the Server::parseWildcards function when the Part Button is selected.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0129 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.32%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25054 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-01-19 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 14.92% | 10.32% | -4.59% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 16.28% | 14.92% | -1.36% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 16.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2005-0129 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (konversation), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0129 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0129/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-0129 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (konversation), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0129 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| berlios | konversation | 0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:berlios:konversation:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |