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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-4700 json

TellMe 1.2 and earlier, when the Server (o_Server) and HEAD (o_Head) options are enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive infor…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4694

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TellMe 1.2 and earlier, when the Server (o_Server) and HEAD (o_Head) options are enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid q_Host parameter, which reveals the full pathname of the application in an fsockopen error message.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/19872 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploitlabs.com http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt 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

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