CVE-2005-4240

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in search.php in VCD-db 0.98 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the by parameter.

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-2005-4240 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). 2 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-2005-4240

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26795 exploit_db edb 2005-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4240

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 2025-03-30 0.45% 0.33% -0.12%
2 2025-03-29 0.33% 0.45% +0.12%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4240

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-2005-4240

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vcd-db vcd-db 0.97 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vcd-db vcd-db 0.98 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vcd-db vcd-db 0.961 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.961:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vcd-db vcd-db 0.971 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.971:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vcd-db vcd-db 0.972 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.972:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vcd-db vcd-db 0.973 cpe:2.3:a:vcd-db:vcd-db:0.973:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4240

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