CVE-2005-0828

Exp

highlight.php in (1) RUNCMS 1.1A, (2) CIAMOS 0.9.2 RC1, (3) e-Xoops 1.05 Rev3, and possibly other products based on e-Xoops (exoops), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary PHP files by specifying the pathname in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading database configuration information from mainfile.php.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0828 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.18%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.72% 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-2005-0828

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25237 exploit_db edb 2005-03-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0828

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 5.46% 9.18% +3.72%
2 2025-03-30 6.08% 5.46% -0.62%
3 2025-03-29 6.08%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0828

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-2005-0828

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0828

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ciamos ciamos 0.9.2_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:ciamos:ciamos:0.9.2_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
e-xoops e-xoops 1.05r3 cpe:2.3:a:e-xoops:e-xoops:1.05r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
runcms runcms 1.1a cpe:2.3:a:runcms:runcms:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0828

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