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CVE-2005-1492

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1492 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the user.cgi script of Gossamer Threads Links SQL versions 2.x and 3.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected web pages by manipulating the 'url' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise (e.g., session hijacking or defacement). While not actively exploited in the wild or listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gossamer_threads:gossamer_threads_links:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gossamer_threads:gossamer_threads_links:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gossamer_threads:gossamer_threads_links-sql:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25594 · May 4, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0435 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gossamer-threads.com / perl/gforum/gforum.cgi
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/15253
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20415
gossamer-threads.com / forum/Gossamer_Links_3.0.1_Released_P280986
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 16189
securityfocus.com / bid/13484
Exploit