CVE-2005-0870
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpSysInfo 2.3, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpSysInfo 2.3, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sensor_program parameter to index.php, (2) text[language], (3) text[template], or (4) hide_picklist parameter to system_footer.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- PHPSysInfo 2.0/2.3 - 'sensor_program' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25265webapps, phppublished 23 Mar 2005Verified
- PHPSysInfo 2.0/2.3 - 'system_footer.php' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25266webapps, phppublished 23 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- 17616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 15414 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 14690 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-898 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050323 [SECURITYREASON.COM] phpSysInfo 2.3 Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- phpsysinfo-sensor-program-xss(19807) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20051115 Advisory 22/2005: Multiple vulnerabilities in phpSysInfo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=301118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 12887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-897 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-724 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-899 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-0871 (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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