CVE-2005-2782 — PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in al_initialize.php for AutoLinks Pro 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an "ftp://" URL in the alpath parameter, which bypasses the incomplete blacklist that only checks for "http" and "https" URLs

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PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in al_initialize.php for AutoLinks Pro 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an "ftp://" URL in the alpath parameter, which bypasses the incomplete blacklist that only checks for "http" and "https" URLs

Published Sep 2, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.67%

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in al_initialize.php for AutoLinks Pro 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an "ftp://" URL in the alpath parameter, which bypasses the incomplete blacklist that only checks for "http" and "https" URLs.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.67% 0.02665

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02665

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 2, 2026	2.67% (0.02665)	85.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.67% (0.02665)	83.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.50% (0.01503)	79.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.59% (0.02591)	75.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.48% (0.01479)	79.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	3.67% (0.03668)	91.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	5.44% (0.05439)	93.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 23, 2023	5.47% (0.05473)	92.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.37% (0.06366)	92.51th	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=112535379716486&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16620/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14686
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22061
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112535379716486&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16620/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14686		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22061		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 2, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 2, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2782

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2782

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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