CVE-2005-2259 — The dispallclosed2 function in dispallclosed.pl for multiple USANet Creations products, including (1) USANet Shopping Mall Software, (2) Domain Name Auction Software, (3) Standard Classified Ads Software, and (4) MakeBid Reverse Auction allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the DISPCLOSED parameter

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The dispallclosed2 function in dispallclosed.pl for multiple USANet Creations products, including (1) USANet Shopping Mall Software, (2) Domain Name Auction Software, (3) Standard Classified Ads Software, and (4) MakeBid Reverse Auction allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the DISPCLOSED parameter

Published Jul 13, 2005

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.23%

Description

The dispallclosed2 function in dispallclosed.pl for multiple USANet Creations products, including (1) USANet Shopping Mall Software, (2) Domain Name Auction Software, (3) Standard Classified Ads Software, and (4) MakeBid Reverse Auction allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the DISPCLOSED parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.23% 0.04232

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04232

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	4.23% (0.04232)	90.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.23% (0.04232)	89.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	3.55% (0.03550)	86.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.81% (0.05811)	83.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.01% (0.04013)	87.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.63% (0.02631)	90.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 19, 2024	2.63% (0.02631)	90.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.84% (0.02836)	89.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/15985
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014411
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14179
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15985		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014411		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14179		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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-2005-2259

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2259

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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