Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-2556

Title: Mantis core/database_api.php internal database connection bypass

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-2556.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 24, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.62%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-2556: 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.

Impacted Vendors

mantis 1

matisbt 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-2556 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 24, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.