CVE-2005-3042

miniserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing session IDs via certain metacharacters (line feed or carriage return).

Published: 2005-09-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3042 is rated Moderate Risk (63.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.13%). EPSS rose +1.92% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3042

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 2.20% 4.13% +1.92%
2 2025-03-30 2.14% 2.20% +0.07%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.14% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3042

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-2005-3042

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3042

vendor priority summary link
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3042/
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3042 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (usermin), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3042

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3042

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
usermin usermin 1.150 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3042

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