VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-3844

SQL injection vulnerability in phpWordPress PHP News and Article Manager 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) poll and (2) category parameters to index.php, and (3) the ctg parameter in an archive action.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.23%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 1.23% probability · 69th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 November 2005
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: phpwordpress/php news and article manager
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-26608 source ↗	phpWordPress 3.0 - Multiple SQL Injectionsphp · r0t	webapps	28 November 2005	yes

References

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