VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-2678
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability44.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-08-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.