CVE-2005-3968

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in auth.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, bypass authentication, and upload arbitrary PHP code via the username parameter.

Published: 2005-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3968 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.56%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26697 exploit_db edb 2005-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3968

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 2026-03-24 3.09% 3.56% +0.47%
2 2025-04-15 2.30% 3.09% +0.79%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.30% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3968

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-2005-3968

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3968

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2005-3968: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2005-3968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpx phpx 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpx phpx 3.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3968

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