CVE-2005-3766 — Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions stores sensitive user pages under the web document root with insufficient access control even though certain permissions are specified, which allows attackers to access the pages by browsing uploaded files

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Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions stores sensitive user pages under the web document root with insufficient access control even though certain permissions are specified, which allows attackers to access the pages by browsing uploaded files

Published Nov 22, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.15%

Description

Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions stores sensitive user pages under the web document root with insufficient access control even though certain permissions are specified, which allows attackers to access the pages by browsing uploaded files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.15% 0.01150

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

EPSS probability 0.01150

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 1, 2026	1.15% (0.01150)	65.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.15% (0.01150)	62.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.26% (0.00257)	47.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.31% (0.00307)	70.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.34% (0.00335)	70.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 17, 2023	0.34% (0.00335)	66.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.31% (0.00314)	65.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17505
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/17655
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417218
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17505		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/17655		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417218		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 22, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 22, 2005

Link CVE-2005-3766

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3766

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-3766