CVE-2005-1688

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Published May 25, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Wordpress 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to files in (1) wp-content/themes/, (2) wp-includes/, or (3) wp-admin/, which reveal the path in an error message.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.041% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661517716733&w=2

History

Jul 14, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00618}`	epss `{'score': 0.00622}`

Jan 16, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

CWE-425

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 16, 2025, 6:43 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Jan 16, 2025, 6:43 PM
Reserved: May 20, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:59 PM

Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:59 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 20, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

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