CVEs / CVE-2005-2678
CVE-2005-2678: n/a n/a vulnerability
- medium 5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 44.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (1 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 5 mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|
References
- CVE-2005-2678 on NVD
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112474727903399&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16548 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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