CVE-2005-2892

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in setcookie.php in PBLang 4.65, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences and "%00" (trailing null byte) in the u parameter.

Published: 2005-09-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2892 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.19%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.95% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2892

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18590 exploit_db edb 2012-03-13 Exploit-DB ↗
26231 exploit_db edb 2005-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2892

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 2026-05-09 5.24% 11.19% +5.95%
2 2025-08-27 5.80% 5.24% -0.56%
3 2025-04-01 — 5.80% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2892

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-2005-2892

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2892

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pblang pblang 4.65 cpe:2.3:a:pblang:pblang:4.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2892

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