CVE-2005-2005

Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.9.6 GOLD and earlier stores the users.dat file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information on registered users via a direct request to db/users.dat.

Published: 2005-06-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2005 is rated Low Risk (37.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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

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 2025-03-17 0.49% 0.31% -0.18%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.49% -0.57%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.05% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

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

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-2005-2005

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2005

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ultimate_php_board ultimate_php_board 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:ultimate_php_board:ultimate_php_board:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ultimate_php_board ultimate_php_board 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ultimate_php_board:ultimate_php_board:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ultimate_php_board ultimate_php_board 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:ultimate_php_board:ultimate_php_board:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ultimate_php_board ultimate_php_board 1.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:ultimate_php_board:ultimate_php_board:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2005

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