CVE-2005-4156

Unspecified vulnerability in Mambo 4.5 (1.0.0) through 4.5 (1.0.9), with magic_quotes_gpc disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly cause a denial of service via a query string that ends with a NULL character.

Published: 2005-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4156 is rated Moderate Risk (64.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.78%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4156

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 0.88% 1.78% +0.91%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.88% +0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4156

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.4 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4156

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4156

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.3_beta cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.3_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo_open_source_4.5 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo_open_source_4.5:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4156

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