CVE-2005-2793

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in welcome.php in phpLDAPadmin 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the custom_welcome_page parameter.

Published: 2005-09-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2793 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.74%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2793

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2793

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 2.94% 2.74% -0.20%
2 2025-03-30 2.84% 2.94% +0.10%
3 2025-03-29 2.84%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2793

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-2005-2793

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2793

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-2793 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-2005-2793
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2793 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-2005-2793

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2793

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-2005-2793

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 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22103 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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