CVE-2005-2255 — Directory traversal vulnerability in PhpAuction 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, include local PHP files, or obtain sensitive path information via ".." sequences in the lan parameter to (1) index.php or (2) admin/index.php

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Directory traversal vulnerability in PhpAuction 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, include local PHP files, or obtain sensitive path information via ".." sequences in the lan parameter to (1) index.php or (2) admin/index.php

Published Jul 13, 2005

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.51%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PhpAuction 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, include local PHP files, or obtain sensitive path information via ".." sequences in the lan parameter to (1) index.php or (2) admin/index.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.51% 0.01507

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

EPSS probability 0.01507

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.51% (0.01507)	73.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.51% (0.01507)	70.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.34% (0.00338)	54.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 18, 2025	2.42% (0.02419)	89.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 19, 2024	0.38% (0.00376)	72.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.40% (0.00401)	72.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 2, 2023	0.40% (0.00401)	70.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.32% (0.00317)	65.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://secunia.com/advisories/15967
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014423
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15967		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014423		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 13, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 13, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2255

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2255

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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