CVE-2005-4317

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Limbo CMS 1.0.4.2 and earlier, with register_globals off, does not protect the $_SERVER variable from external modification, which allows remote attackers to use the _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR] parameter to (1) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in the stats module or (2) execute arbitrary code via an eval injection attack in the wrapper option in index2.php.

Affected products

Limbo Cms: through 1.0.4.2

References

http://rgod.altervista.org/limbo1042_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18063/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/255
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015364
http://www.osvdb.org/21754
http://www.osvdb.org/21756
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419470/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15871/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2932
http://rgod.altervista.org/limbo1042_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18063/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/255

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