CVE-2005-0632

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.4 and possibly 1.2.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the path parameter.

Published: 2005-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0632 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.24%). Core evidence: 2 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-2005-0632

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25180 exploit_db edb 2005-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0632

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 2026-03-18 3.68% 4.24% +0.55%
2 2025-03-30 3.64% 3.68% +0.04%
3 2025-03-29 3.64%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0632

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0632

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0632

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnews phpnews 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnews phpnews 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0632

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