CVE-2005-2166

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Plague News System 0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cid parameter.

Published: 2005-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2166 is rated Exploit Available (52.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2166

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2166

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 0.46% 0.31% -0.15%
2 2025-03-29 0.29% 0.46% +0.17%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2166

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2166

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2166

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4rc3 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4rc4 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2166

URL Tags
http://dark-assassins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90 Exploit Vendor Advisory URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/15902 Vendor Advisory
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