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CVE-2005-3800
Macromedia Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) before 1.11 uses a weak algorithm to encrypt user password in connection keys that use…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.3%
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Description
Macromedia Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) before 1.11 uses a weak algorithm to encrypt user password in connection keys that use shared FTP login credentials, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1015221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- contribute-publishing-weak-encryption(23081) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17613 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-08.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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