CVE-2005-0283

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in QwikiWiki allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and a %00 at the end of the filename in the page parameter.

Published: 2005-01-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0283 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.25%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-0283

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
737 exploit_db edb 2005-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0283

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 2025-03-30 5.69% 4.25% -1.45%
2 2025-03-29 4.25% 5.69% +1.45%
3 2025-03-19 4.25%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0283

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-2005-0283

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0283

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
david_barrett qwikiwiki 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:david_barrett:qwikiwiki:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0283

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