CVE-2005-2428

NUCLEI

Lotus Domino R5-R6 WebMail - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 3 public exploits for CVE-2005-2428. PoCs published by Jonathan Broche, schwankner. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit extracts password hashes from IBM Lotus Domino's Public Address Book (names.nsf) by querying hidden HTML fields (HTTPPassword and dspHTTPPassword) via unauthenticated HTTP requests. It outputs results in formats compatible with hashcat or John the Ripper.

Description

Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail, with "Generate HTML for all fields" enabled, stores sensitive data from names.nsf in hidden form fields, which allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information such as (1) the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, (2) the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, (3) the client platform in the ClntPltfrm field, (4) the client machine name in the ClntMachine field, and (5) the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Jonathan Broche · pythonwebappswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39495

This exploit extracts password hashes from IBM Lotus Domino's Public Address Book (names.nsf) by querying hidden HTML fields (HTTPPassword and dspHTTPPassword) via unauthenticated HTTP requests. It outputs results in formats compatible with hashcat or John the Ripper.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IBM Lotus Domino <= R8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the names.nsf database via HTTP/HTTPS
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by schwankner · poc
https://github.com/schwankner/CVE-2005-2428-IBM-Lotus-Domino-R8-Password-Hash-Extraction-Exploit

This Python script exploits CVE-2005-2428 to extract password hashes from IBM Lotus Domino R8 by authenticating to the server and parsing user profile pages. It supports multiple output formats (hashcat, John the Ripper, CSV) and identifies hash algorithms used.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IBM Lotus Domino <= R8
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials for Lotus Domino server · Access to the names.nsf database
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
shellremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3302

This script exploits CVE-2005-2428 by dumping sensitive information (including password hashes) from Lotus Domino R5/R6 WebMail via hidden form fields in the names.nsf database. It automates the extraction of view entries and retrieves user details such as HTTPPassword, FirstName, LastName, and ShortName.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Lotus Domino R5/R6 WebMail
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Lotus Domino R5/R6 WebMail with 'Generate HTML for all fields' enabled · Network access to the target host
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail - Information Disclosure
MEDIUMby CasperGN

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14389
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21556
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39495/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21212934
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014584
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/18462
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16231/

Scores

EPSS 0.0861
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
ibm/lotus_domino 5.0
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0
ibm/lotus_domino 6.5
Published Aug 03, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026