CVE-2005-1654

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-425

Description

Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to register arbitrary users via a direct request to addsubsite.asp with the loginname and password parameters set.

Affected products

Hostingcontroller Hosting Controller: before 6.1; 6.1, 6.1-hotfix1.0, 6.1-hotfix1.1, 6.1-hotfix1.2, 6.1-hotfix1.3, 6.1-hotfix1.4 (+5) — fixed in 6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hostingcontroller Hosting Controller 6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://isun.shabgard.org/hc3.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/15271
http://isun.shabgard.org/hc3.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/15271

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