CVE-2005-3765: Exponent

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions performs a chmod on uploaded files to give them execute permissions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Exponent Exponent: version 0.94 only; version 0.95 only; version 0.96.1 only; version 0.96.3 only; version 0.96.4 only

Published 2005-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.