CVE-2005-1784

Exp

Hosting Controller 6.1 HotFix 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to steal passwords and gain privileges via a modified emailaddress parameter in an updateprofile action for UserProfile.asp.

Published: 2005-05-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1784 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.63%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.18% 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-2005-1784

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1015 exploit_db edb 2005-05-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1784

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 0.44% 5.63% +5.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.59% 0.44% -0.14%
3 2025-03-29 0.59%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1784

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1784

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1784

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hosting_controller hosting_controller <= 6.1_hotfix_2.0 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1784

URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014062 Exploit Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence