CVE-2005-2799

Exp

Buffer overflow in apply.cgi in Linksys WRT54G 3.01.03, 3.03.6, and possibly other versions before 4.20.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP POST request.

Published: 2005-09-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2799 is rated High Exploit Risk (80/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.74%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-2799

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16854 exploit_db edb 2010-09-24 Exploit-DB ↗
10028 exploit_db edb 2005-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2799

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 2025-10-17 86.55% 86.74% +0.19%
2 2025-10-14 85.39% 86.55% +1.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 85.39% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2799

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-2005-2799

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2799

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linksys wrt54g 3.01.3 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wrt54g:3.01.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys wrt54g 3.03.6 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wrt54g:3.03.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2799

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