CVE-2005-1698

PostNuke 0.750 and 0.760RC3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) theme.php or (2) Xanthia.php in the Xanthia module, (3) user.php, (4) thelang.php, (5) text.php, (6) html.php, (7) menu.php, (8) finclude.php, or (9) button.php in the pnblocks directory in the Blocks module, (10) config.php in the NS-Multisites (aka Multisites) module, or (11) xmlrpc.php, which reveals the path in an error message.

Published: 2005-05-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1698 is rated Low Risk (38.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1698

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 0.36% 0.32% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.32% 0.36% +0.04%
3 2024-12-17 0.32%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1698

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-2005-1698

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1698

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postnuke postnuke 0.750 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke:postnuke:0.750:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke postnuke 0.760 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke:postnuke:0.760:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1698

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