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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.4

CVE-2005-4853 json

The default configuration of the forum package in eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.5, 3.6 before 3.6.2, 3.7 before 3.7.0rc2, and 3.8 before 200508…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4844

cvss
9.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The default configuration of the forum package in eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.5, 3.6 before 3.6.2, 3.7 before 3.7.0rc2, and 3.8 before 20050818 does not restrict edit permissions to a posting's owner, which allows remote authenticated users to edit arbitrary postings.

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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.