CVE-2005-0880
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedcontent.php in Vortex Portal allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid act parameter, which leaks the full pathname in a PHP error message.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe content.php script in Vortex Portal fails to properly handle invalid input to the 'act' parameter, causing PHP to output the full server filesystem path in an error message. This path disclosure reveals sensitive system configuration information that could assist attackers in conducting further exploits.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Vortex Portal installation existsSearch for the content.php file in the web root directory or common Vortex Portal installation pathsAffected if The content.php file from Vortex Portal is present on the server
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Identify the content.php scriptLocate the content.php file and confirm it belongs to Vortex Portal by checking for Vortex Portal branding or code signatures within the fileAffected if The file contains Vortex Portal source code
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Test the act parameter for path disclosureSend an HTTP request to content.php with an invalid or malformed value for the 'act' parameter (e.g., content.php?act=invalidvalue) and examine any error messages returnedAffected if Error messages displayed contain full server filesystem paths such as /var/www or C:\inetpub
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Check PHP error reporting configurationReview the PHP configuration file (php.ini) or check if error reporting is enabled in the application to confirm error messages can be displayed to usersAffected if PHP error_display or display_errors is set to On, allowing error messages to be shown in browser
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Inspect error handling in content.phpOpen content.php and examine how the 'act' parameter is processed; look for missing error handling or exception catching around the parameter processing logicAffected if The code lacks try-catch blocks or error handling for invalid 'act' parameter values
A user is affected if Vortex Portal is installed, the content.php script processes the 'act' parameter, and invalid input to this parameter reveals server filesystem paths in error messages.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper error handling in content.php to catch invalid parameters without exposing system paths, or upgrade to a patched version of Vortex Portal if available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2005-0880 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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