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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-0828 json

highlight.php in (1) RUNCMS 1.1A, (2) CIAMOS 0.9.2 RC1, (3) e-Xoops 1.05 Rev3, and possibly other products based on e-Xoops (exoops), allow…

published 2005-03-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0829

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.2%
EPSS 9.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

highlight.php in (1) RUNCMS 1.1A, (2) CIAMOS 0.9.2 RC1, (3) e-Xoops 1.05 Rev3, and possibly other products based on e-Xoops (exoops), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary PHP files by specifying the pathname in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading database configuration information from mainfile.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25237)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25237 RunCMS 1.1 - Database Configuration Information Disclosure webapps, 2005-03-18
  • ihsteam.com http://www.ihsteam.com/download/advisory/Exoops%20highlight%20hole.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12848 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.