CVE-2005-1924

Exp

The G/PGP (GPG) Plugin 2.1 and earlier for Squirrelmail allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the fpr parameter to the deleteKey function in gpg_keyring.php, as called by (a) import_key_file.php, (b) import_key_text.php, and (c) keyring_main.php; and (2) the keyserver parameter to the gpg_recv_key function in gpg_key_functions.php, as called by gpg_options.php. NOTE: this issue may overlap CVE-2007-3636.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1924 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.26%, 95th percentile). 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-2005-1924

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4718 exploit_db edb 2007-12-11 Exploit-DB ↗
4173 exploit_db edb 2007-07-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1924

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 9.57% 10.26% +0.69%
2 2026-04-25 9.84% 9.57% -0.27%
3 2026-03-03 — 9.84% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1924

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1924

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1924

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2005-1924: 1 GLSA(s) (200708-08), 1 atom(s) (mail-client/squirrelmail); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1924

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1924

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squirrelmail gpg_plugin <= 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:gpg_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1924

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