CVE-2005-4558

Exp

IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict acceptable values for the language parameter to mail/settings.html before it is stored in a database, which can allow remote authenticated users to include arbitrary PHP code via a URL in a modified lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html.

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-2005-4558 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.95%, 93th percentile). 5 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-2005-4558

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26982 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
26983 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4558

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 2025-07-29 12.34% 11.95% -0.40%
2 2025-05-10 10.77% 12.34% +1.57%
3 2025-03-30 — 10.77% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4558

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4558

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4558

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
deerfield visnetic_mail_server 8.3.0_build1 cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:visnetic_mail_server:8.3.0_build1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp web_mail 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
merak mail_server 8.3.0r cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.3.0r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4558

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