CVE-2005-0678 — PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in formmail.inc.php for Form Mail Script 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the script_root to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code

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PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in formmail.inc.php for Form Mail Script 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the script_root to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code

Published Mar 7, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.76%

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in formmail.inc.php for Form Mail Script 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the script_root to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.76% 0.02759

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02759

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.76% (0.02759)	85.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.76% (0.02759)	84.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	2.73% (0.02734)	84.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.97% (0.01966)	88.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	3.17% (0.03167)	91.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 12, 2024	3.41% (0.03406)	91.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.91% (0.03909)	90.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110996489800035&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/14505
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013378
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.stadtaus.com/forum/t-1579.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110996489800035&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/14505		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013378		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.stadtaus.com/forum/t-1579.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 7, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 7, 2005

Link CVE-2005-0678

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-0678

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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