CVE-2005-4600
Directory traversal vulnerability in tiny_mce_gzip.php in TinyMCE Compressor PHP before 1.06 allows remote attackers to read or include…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 6.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in tiny_mce_gzip.php in TinyMCE Compressor PHP before 1.06 allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary files via a trailing null byte (%00) in the (1) theme, (2) language, (3) plugins, or (4) lang parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- iziContents rc6 - Local/Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4441webapps, phppublished 21 Sept 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4441 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.0% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2233 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4441 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_262005.111.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051229 Advisory 26/2005: TinyMCE Compressor Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- izicontents-tinymcegzip-directory-traversal(36736) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 16083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22116 (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-2005-4595 (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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