CVE-2005-2896 — SQL injection vulnerability in WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) wn_userpw parameter to startup.php, (2) cat, (3) id, or (4) stof parameter to news.php, or (5) id parameter to print.php

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SQL injection vulnerability in WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) wn_userpw parameter to startup.php, (2) cat, (3) id, or (4) stof parameter to news.php, or (5) id parameter to print.php

Published Sep 14, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.17%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) wn_userpw parameter to startup.php, (2) cat, (3) id, or (4) stof parameter to news.php, or (5) id parameter to print.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.17% 0.01172

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

EPSS probability 0.01172

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	1.17% (0.01172)	66.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.17% (0.01172)	63.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.46% (0.00456)	61.80th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00226)	61.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.23% (0.00227)	61.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00227)	59.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.99% (0.00986)	37.57th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 9, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	35.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	33.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	17.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611504519410&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16727/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14776
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22179
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611504519410&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16727/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14776		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22179		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 14, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 14, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2896

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2896

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2896