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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2005-0857 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in avatar.php for CoolForum 0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…

published 2005-03-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0858

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
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in avatar.php for CoolForum 0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the img parameter.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25239)
  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-25239 CoolForum 0.5/0.7/0.8 - 'avatar.php?img' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-03-19
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1013474 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12852 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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