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CVE-2005-1638

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1638 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SafeHTML versions prior to 1.3.2, specifically within the _writeAttrs function's improper handling of quotes in attribute values. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) can be exploited remotely with moderate complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (integrity impact of 'P') without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixel-apes_group:safehtml:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixel-apes_group:safehtml:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixel-apes_group:safehtml:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixel-apes_group:safehtml:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixel-apes_group:safehtml:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

pixel-apes.com / safehtml/feed
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/15371
osvdb.org / 16612