CVE-2005-0870

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpSysInfo 2.3, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sensor_program parameter to index.php, (2) text[language], (3) text[template], or (4) hide_picklist parameter to system_footer.php.

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-2005-0870 is rated Exploit Available (58.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.72%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-0870

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25266 exploit_db edb 2005-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗
25265 exploit_db edb 2005-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0870

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 11.71% 3.72% -7.99%
2 2025-03-30 7.74% 11.71% +3.97%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.74% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0870

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0870

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0870

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0870 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpsysinfo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0870
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0870 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (egroupware, phpgroupware, phpsysinfo), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 9, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0870

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0870

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpsysinfo phpsysinfo 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0870

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