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CVE-2005-2891

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

WebArchiveX.dll 5.5.0.76 installed before September 6th, 2005 is marked safe for scripting by default, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via the (1) MakeArchive or (2) MakeArchiveStr methods.

Affected products

• Csystems Webarchivex: 5.5.0.76

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611388014937&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16722/
• http://security-assessment.com/Advisories/WebArchiveX_-_Unsafe_Methods_Vulnerability.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14760
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014867.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22188
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611388014937&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16722/
• http://security-assessment.com/Advisories/WebArchiveX_-_Unsafe_Methods_Vulnerability.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14760
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014867.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22188

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