CVE-2005-4249

Exp

ADP Forum 2.0 through 2.0.3 stores sensitive information in plaintext files under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials via requests to the forum/users directory.

Published: 2005-12-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4249 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.79%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% 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-2005-4249

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4249

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 0.19% 1.79% +1.59%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.19% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4249

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-2005-4249

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4249

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2005-4249: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2005-4249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adp adp_forum 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adp:adp_forum:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adp adp_forum 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adp:adp_forum:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adp adp_forum 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adp:adp_forum:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adp adp_forum 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:adp:adp_forum:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4249

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