CVE-2005-0800
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in mcNews 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by…
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Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in mcNews 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the l parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0720.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- McNews 1.x - 'install.php' Arbitrary File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25232webapps, phppublished 17 Mar 2005Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 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)
- 3.0% · top 13% 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.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- mcnews-install-file-include(19726) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060906 mcNews v1.3 - Remote File Include (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 14528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050317 PHP mcNews arbitrary file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2005-0801 (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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