CVE-2005-3765

Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions performs a chmod on uploaded files to give them execute permissions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-11-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3765 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.69%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3765

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 1.70% 2.69% +0.99%
2 2025-03-30 2.53% 1.70% -0.83%
3 2025-03-29 2.53%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3765

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-2005-3765

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3765

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exponent exponent 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:exponent:exponent:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponent exponent 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:exponent:exponent:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponent exponent 0.96.1 cpe:2.3:a:exponent:exponent:0.96.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponent exponent 0.96.3 cpe:2.3:a:exponent:exponent:0.96.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponent exponent 0.96.4 cpe:2.3:a:exponent:exponent:0.96.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3765

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