CVE-2005-3086

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/about.php in contentServ 3.1 allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the ctsWebsite parameter.

Published: 2005-09-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3086 is rated Exploit Available (54.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3086

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3086

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 2025-03-23 1.17% 0.26% -0.92%
2 2025-03-19 1.10% 1.17% +0.07%
3 2025-03-17 1.10%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3086

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3086

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3086

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
contentserv contentserv 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:contentserv:contentserv:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3086

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