CVE-2005-4212

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in coin_includes/db.php in phpCOIN 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the $_CCFG[_PKG_PATH_DBSE] variable.

Published: 2005-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4212 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.91%, 91th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.30% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4212

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26788 exploit_db edb 2005-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4212

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 2025-09-29 5.61% 6.91% +1.30%
2 2025-03-30 5.43% 5.61% +0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.43% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4212

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4212

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4212

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coinsoft_technologies phpcoin 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:coinsoft_technologies:phpcoin:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4212

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