CVE-2005-3293

Exp

Xerver 4.17 allows remote attackers to (1) obtain source code of scripts via a request with a trailing "." (dot) or (2) list directory contents via a trailing null character.

Published: 2005-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3293 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.49%). 5 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-2005-3293

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26374 exploit_db edb 2005-10-19 Exploit-DB ↗
26375 exploit_db edb 2005-10-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3293

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 13.87% 3.49% -10.38%
2 2025-03-30 15.01% 13.87% -1.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 15.01% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3293

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-2005-3293

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3293

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xerver xerver 4.17h cpe:2.3:a:xerver:xerver:4.17h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3293

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