CVE-2005-4467

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY parameter.

Published: 2005-12-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4467 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.78%, 91th percentile). 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-2005-4467

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1379 exploit_db edb 2005-12-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4467

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 8.16% 4.78% -3.38%
2 2026-02-27 7.14% 8.16% +1.02%
3 2026-02-18 — 7.14% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4467

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-2005-4467

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4467

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpgedview phpgedview 2.52.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.52.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.60 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.61 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.61.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.61.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.65 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.65.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.65.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.65.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.65.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 2.65_beta5 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:2.65_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgedview phpgedview 3.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpgedview:phpgedview:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4467

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