CVE-2005-4427

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Cerberus Helpdesk allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) file_id parameter to attachment_send.php, (2) the $addy variable in email_parser.php, (3) $address variable in email_parser.php, (4) $a_address variable in structs.php, (5) kbid parameter to cer_KnowledgebaseHandler.class.php, (6) queues[] parameter to addresses_export.php, (7) $thread variable to display.php, (8) ticket parameter to display_ticket_thread.php.

Published: 2005-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4427 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.65%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4427

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26975 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
26973 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
26974 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4427

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 2025-05-11 2.55% 2.65% +0.10%
2 2025-05-02 3.31% 2.55% -0.76%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.31% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4427

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-2005-4427

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4427

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerberus cerberus_helpdesk 2.649 cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:cerberus_helpdesk:2.649:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4427

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