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medium 4.3

CVE-2005-2488 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Content Management News System allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HT…

published 2005-08-07 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2489

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Content Management News System allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the strRootpath parameter to validsession.php or (2) the strTable parameter to Admin/News/List.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26068)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26068 Web Content Management - 'list.php?strTable' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-08-03
  • EDB-26067 Web Content Management - 'validsession.php?strRootpath' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-08-03
  • rgod.altervista.org http://www.rgod.altervista.org/webc.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1014616 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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