Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Search module in PmWiki up to 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…

published 2005-11-27 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3844

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.0%; EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Search module in PmWiki up to 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter.

Patch / fix

links 3

securityfocus.com/bid/15539 patch
secunia.com/advisories/17707 advisory
moritz-naumann.com/adv/0005/pmwiki/0005.txt advisory

Timeline

2005-11-22 First public exploit (EDB-26560)
2005-11-27 Published

Exploit prediction

2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-26560 PmWiki 2.0.x - Search Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-11-22
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15539 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
moritz-naumann.com http://moritz-naumann.com/adv/0005/pmwiki/0005.txt 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

secunia.com /advisories/17707
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/15539
vdb-entry, exploit, patch
moritz-naumann.com /adv/0005/pmwiki/0005.txt
exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
securityreason.com /securityalert/201
third-party-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2005/2532
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /archive/1/417432/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
osvdb.org /21056
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2005-3849
NVD CVE-2005-3849

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Summary