CVE-2005-0831

Exp

PHP-Post allows remote attackers to spoof the names of other users by registering with a username containing hex-encoded characters.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0831 is rated Exploit Available (57.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0831

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0831

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% 1.11% +0.74%
2 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.37% +0.22%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0831

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-2005-0831

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0831

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.21 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.22 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-post php-post_web_forum 0.32 cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0831

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