CVE-2005-2897 — WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to files in the actions directory, which reveal the path in an error message, as demonstrated using cat.add.php

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WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to files in the actions directory, which reveal the path in an error message, as demonstrated using cat.add.php

Published Sep 14, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.18%

Description

WEB//NEWS 1.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to files in the actions directory, which reveal the path in an error message, as demonstrated using cat.add.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.18% 0.01181

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

EPSS probability 0.01181

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	1.18% (0.01181)	66.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.18% (0.01181)	63.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.29% (0.00287)	50.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.55% (0.00547)	78.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 3, 2024	0.50% (0.00502)	75.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 4, 2024	0.50% (0.00502)	73.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 21, 2023	0.49% (0.00488)	72.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.43% (0.00432)	70.57th	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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611504519410&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16727/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

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_SECUNIA

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-2005-2897

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2897

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2897