CVE-2005-2254

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpAuction 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the lan parameter to (1) index.php or (2) admin/index.php, or (3) the auction_id parameter to profile.php. NOTE: there is evidence that viewnews.php and login.php may not be part of the PhpAuction product, so they are not included in this description.

Published: 2005-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2254 is rated Exploit Available (53.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). 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-2005-2254

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2254

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 0.39% 0.99% +0.60%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.39% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2254

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2254

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2254

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gianluca_baldo phpauction 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:gianluca_baldo:phpauction:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2254

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15967 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014423 Exploit Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence