CVE-2005-2690

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module in PostNuke 0.760-RC4b allows PostNuke administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the show parameter to dl-viewdownload.php.

Published: 2005-08-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2690 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 3 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-2005-2690

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26189 exploit_db edb 2005-08-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2690

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 0.37% 0.27% -0.09%
2 2025-03-29 0.29% 0.37% +0.08%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2690

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2690

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2690

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.76_rc4b cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.76_rc4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2690

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