Is CVE-2005-2678 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2678 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2678?

CVE-2005-2678 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2678?

CVE-2005-2678 has an EPSS score of 41.84% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2678

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

41.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112474727903399&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16548
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.