CVE-2005-4526

Exp

Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web (a.k.a. WEBsweeper) 4.0 through 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass filtering via a URL that does not include a .exe extension but returns an executable file.

Published: 2005-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4526 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). 1 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-2005-4526

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4526

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 0.67% 0.60% -0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.57% 0.67% +0.10%
3 2024-12-04 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4526

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4526

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4526

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2005-4526: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2005-4526

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4526

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mimesweeper_for_web 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4526

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