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Case File

CVE-2005-0453

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.72%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-02-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2005-0453
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.72%

Original NVD Description

The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.