CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4852

MEDIUM
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The siteaccess URIMatching implementation in eZ publish 3.5 through 3.8 before 20050812 converts all non-alphanumeric characters in a URI to '_' (underscore), which allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by inserting certain characters in a URI, as demonstrated by a request for /admin:de, which matches a rule allowing only /admin_de to access /admin.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ez publishNVD
Affected:>= 3.5.0, < 3.5.8Fixed in:3.5.8CVE-2005-4852derived 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

1.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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