CVE-2005-0689
includer.cgi in The Includer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the URL or (2) the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 9.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
includer.cgi in The Includer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the URL or (2) the template parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- The Includer CGI 1.0 - Remote Command Execution (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 922webapps, cgipublished 8 Apr 2005Verified
- The Includer CGI 1.0 - Remote Command Execution (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 923webapps, cgipublished 8 Apr 2005Verified
- The Includer CGI 1.0 - Remote Command Execution (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 862webapps, cgipublished 7 Mar 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.9% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 20050308 Re: Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050307 Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0690 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0689)Record last updated .