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CVE-2005-2043· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in XAMPP before 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and PHP code via lang.php.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jun 17, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 75th percentile
CWE
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Action score

20

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
xamppapache distribution

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • xampp apache distribution1.4.1
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.10
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.10a
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.11
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.12
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.13
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.2
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.3
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.4
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.5
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.6
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.7
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.8
  • xampp apache distribution1.4.9

Same product

xampp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-2079The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server host
    40Plan
  • CVE-2005-1078XAMPP 1.4.x has multiple default or null passwords, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2080Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in XAMPP 1.6.0a for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1077Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XAMPP 1.4.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) cds
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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