What is CVE-2005-3159?

CVE-2005-3159 is a vulnerability in PHP Fusion. Published 2005-10-06.

Is CVE-2005-3159 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in PHP Fusion

CVE-2005-3159

SQL injection vulnerability in messages.php in PHP-Fusion allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the msg_view parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3157 and CVE-2005-3158.

Published 2005-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

PHP Fusion — versions 4.00, 4.01, 5.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/14489 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.osvdb.org/18708 (vdb-entry)
marc.info/ (mailing-list)
www.s4a.cc/forum/archive/index.php/t-3585.html (URL Repurposed, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3159?: CVE-2005-3159 is a vulnerability in PHP Fusion. Published 2005-10-06.
Is CVE-2005-3159 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.