CVE-2005-3997

Zen Cart 1.2.6d and earlier, under certain PHP configurations, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests to files in the admin/includes directory, including (1) graphs/banner_daily.php, (2) graphs/banner_infobox.php, (3) graphs/banner_yearly.php, (4) graphs/banner_monthly.php, (5) application_bottom.php, (6) attributes_preview.php, (7) modules/category_product_listing.php, (8) modules/copy_to_confirm.php, (9) modules/delete_product_confirm.php, and (10) modules/move_product_confirm.php, which leaks the web server path in the resulting error message.

Published: 2005-12-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3997 is rated Low Risk (38.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.98%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3997

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 0.99% 1.98% +0.98%
2 2025-03-23 1.12% 0.99% -0.12%
3 2025-03-17 1.12%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3997

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3997

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3997

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zen_cart zen_cart <= 1.2.6d cpe:2.3:a:zen_cart:zen_cart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3997

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