CVE-2005-4226
Multiple "potential" SQL injection vulnerabilities in phpWebThings 1.4 Patched might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple "potential" SQL injection vulnerabilities in phpWebThings 1.4 Patched might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the ref parameter in download.php, (2) the direction, msg, sforum, reason, subname, and toform parameters in forum.php, (3) the msg and forum parameters in forum_edit.php, (4) the msg and forum parameters in forum_write.php, (5) the tekst parameter in guestbook.php, (6) the menuoption parameter in index.php, and the (7) sel_avatar parameter in myaccount.php. NOTE: the forum.php/forum vector is already identified by CVE-2005-3585.
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
- PHPWebThings 1.4 - 'msg'/'forum' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1324webapps, phppublished 16 Nov 2005Verified
- PHPWebThings 1.4 - 'forum' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1325webapps, phppublished 16 Nov 2005Verified
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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)
- 3.2% · top 12% 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
13
- 20051211 [PHP-CHECKER] 99 potential SQL injection vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2860 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- phpwebthings-download-ref-sql-injection(23565) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://glide.stanford.edu/yichen/research/sec.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051212 [PHP-CHECKER] 99 potential SQL injection vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21656 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2005-4221 (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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