CVE-2005-2001

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in pafiledb.php in paFileDB 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the action parameter.

Published: 2005-06-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2001 is rated Exploit Available (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2001

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2001

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 0.60% 0.54% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.54% 0.60% +0.06%
3 2025-03-23 0.54%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2001

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-2005-2001

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2001

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php_arena pafiledb 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_arena pafiledb 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_arena pafiledb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_arena pafiledb 3.0_beta_3.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:3.0_beta_3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_arena pafiledb 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2001

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