CVE-2005-3330

Exp

The _httpsrequest function in Snoopy 1.2, as used in products such as (1) MagpieRSS, (2) WordPress, (3) Ampache, and (4) Jinzora, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an HTTPS URL to an SSL protected web page, which is not properly handled by the fetch function.

Published: 2005-10-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3330 is rated High Exploit Risk (81/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.77%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3330

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26424 exploit_db edb 2005-10-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3330

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 2026-04-01 21.31% 23.77% +2.46%
2 2025-03-30 27.91% 21.31% -6.59%
3 2025-03-29 27.91%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3330

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-2005-3330

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3330

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-3330 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3330
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3330 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3330

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
snoopy snoopy 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:snoopy:snoopy:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3330

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113028858316430&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113062897231412&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17330
http://secunia.com/advisories/17455 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17779 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17887 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/117
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015104
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368750
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=375385
http://www.osvdb.org/20316
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15213
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2202 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2335 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2727 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22874
https://svn.ampache.org/branches/3.3.1/docs/CHANGELOG
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