CVE-2005-2792

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in welcome.php in phpLDAPadmin 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the custom_welcome_page parameter.

Published: 2005-09-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2792 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.67%, 95th percentile). 2 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-2005-2792

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26211 exploit_db edb 2005-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2792

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 13.99% 11.67% -2.32%
2 2025-10-11 11.86% 13.99% +2.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 11.86% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2792

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-2005-2792

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2792

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-2792 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2792
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2792 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2792

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2792

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpldapadmin_project phpldapadmin 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpldapadmin_project phpldapadmin 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2792

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112542447219235&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16617/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.rgod.altervista.org/phpldap.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14695 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22103 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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