CVE-2005-0453
The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.
Published:Feb 16, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Feb 16, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00812
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Lighttpd
Product
Lighttpd
Lighttpd
Lighttpd
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
