Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-3979

Title: Coppermine relocate_server.php left in webroot exposes DB config

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-3979.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Dec 03, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-3979: relocate_server.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.2 and 1.4 beta is not removed after installation and does not use authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as database configuration, via a direct request.

Impacted Vendors

coppermine 1

coppermine-gallery 1

Reference Links

http://coppermine-gallery.net/forum/index.php?topic=24217.0 http://secunia.com/advisories/17855 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2698 http://coppermine-gallery.net/forum/index.php?topic=24217.0 http://secunia.com/advisories/17855 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2698

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-3979 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.

December 03, 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:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.