CVE-2005-4880

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Jax Guestbook 3.1 and 3.31 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain IP addresses of users via a direct request to (1) guestbook, (2) guestbook_ips2block, (3) ips2block, and (4) formmailer/logfile.csv.

Published: 2009-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4880 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.45%). 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-2005-4880

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26092 exploit_db edb 2005-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
26091 exploit_db edb 2005-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
26090 exploit_db edb 2005-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
26089 exploit_db edb 2005-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4880

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 2026-05-21 2.25% 2.45% +0.19%
2 2026-03-31 1.98% 2.25% +0.27%
3 2025-07-28 — 1.98% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4880

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-2005-4880

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4880

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jax_scripts jax_guestbook 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:jax_scripts:jax_guestbook:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jax_scripts jax_guestbook 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:jax_scripts:jax_guestbook:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4880

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