Is CVE-2005-3618 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-3618 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-3618?

CVE-2005-3618 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-3618?

CVE-2005-3618 has an EPSS score of 3.01% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-3618

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

7.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the management interface for VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 patch 1, 2.1.x before 2.1.3 patch 1, and 2.x before 2.5.3 patch 2 allows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via URLs, as demonstrated using the setUsr operation to change a password. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged with CVE-2005-3619 to automatically perform the attacks.

How to fix

Remediation Available

esxNVD

Affected:>= 2.5.2, < 2.5.3Fixed in:2.5.3CVE-2005-3618derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

kb.vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references3

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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.