# CVE-2005-2955: File upload in n/a

> Authenticated administrators or educators can execute arbitrary code by uploading files with executable extensions due to an incomplete blacklist.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2005-3562, GHSA-xxwf-mr27-9j8v

## What is CVE-2005-2955?

CVE-2005-2955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2005. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

config.inc.php in ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, uses an incomplete blacklist to check for dangerous file extensions, which allows authenticated administrators or educators to execute arbitrary code by uploading files with other executable extensions such as .inc, .php4, or others.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2955?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adaptive Technology Resource Centre Atutor.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2955?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2955 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-0381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0381/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-5734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5734/): PHPMailer Local file inclusion (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-3662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3662/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-4155](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4155/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-3404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3404/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2955 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2005. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2955/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2955/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2955
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2955
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2955

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2955/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.