CVE-2005-2556

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

core/database_api.php in Mantis 0.19.0a1 through 1.0.0a3, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to connect to internal databases by modifying the g_db_type variable and monitoring the speed of responses, as identified by bug#0005956.

Affected products

mantis: 0.19.0, 0.19.0_rc1, 0.19.0a1, 0.19.0a2, 0.19.1, 0.19.2 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112786017426276&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16506
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-778
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-16.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14604
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112786017426276&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16506
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-778
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-16.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14604

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