CVE-2005-3592

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

index.php CuteNews 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the path of the installation path of the application by triggering an error message, such as by entering multiple ../ (dot dot slash) in the archive parameter.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.18%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 67
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Cutephp — Cutenews

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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