CVE-2005-2596

User.php in Gallery, as used in Postnuke, allows users with any Admin privileges to gain access to all galleries.

Published: 2005-08-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2596 is rated Low Risk (27.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2596

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 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.07% -0.88%
2 2022-02-04 0.95%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2596

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2596

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2596

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2596 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gallery), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2596

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2596

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gallery_project gallery 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:gallery_project:gallery:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2596

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