CVE-2005-2075

Exp

PHP-Fusion 5.0 and 6.0 stores the database file with a predictable filename under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to the filename in the administration/db_backups directory in PHP-Fusion 6.0 or the fusion_admin/db_backups directory in 5.0.

Published: 2005-06-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2075 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.45%). Core evidence: 2 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-2005-2075

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1068 exploit_db edb 2005-06-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2075

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 4.64% 3.45% -1.19%
2 2025-03-29 3.45% 4.64% +1.19%
3 2025-03-19 3.45%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2075

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-2005-2075

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2075

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php_fusion php_fusion 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2075

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