CVE-2005-4155

Exp

registration.PHP in ATutor 1.5.1 pl2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via an e-mail address that ends in a NULL character, which bypasses the PHP regular expression check. NOTE: it is possible that this is actually a bug in PHP code, in which case this should not be treated as a vulnerability in ATutor.

Published: 2005-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4155 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.68%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.17% 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-2005-4155

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1298 exploit_db edb 2005-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4155

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 1.51% 2.68% +1.17%
2 2026-05-01 3.17% 1.51% -1.66%
3 2025-03-30 3.17%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4155

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-2005-4155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4155

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adaptive_technology_resource_centre atutor 1.5.1_pl2 cpe:2.3:a:adaptive_technology_resource_centre:atutor:1.5.1_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4155

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