CVE-2005-4856

The admin interface in eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.7, 3.6 before 3.6.5, 3.7 before 3.7.3, and 3.8 before 20051110 does not properly handle authorization errors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and see the admin pagelayout and associated templates via a request with (1) "anything after the url" or (2) a "wrong url".

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4856 is rated Moderate Risk (42.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4856

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 0.25% 1.12% +0.87%
2 2025-03-17 0.35% 0.25% -0.10%
3 2024-11-28 — 0.35% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4856

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-2005-4856

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4856

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-4856 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ezpublish), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4856

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4856

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ez ez_publish <= 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4856

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