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CVE-2005-2455

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2455 describes multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities in Greasemonkey versions prior to 0.3.5. Attackers could exploit these flaws to read arbitrary local files via GET requests to file:// URLs, list installed scripts, or obtain sensitive information through GM_setValue and GM_getValue functions. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for these issues is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greasemonkey:greasemonkey:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26017 · Jul 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0854 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

greaseblog.blogspot.com / 2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html
Patch
greasemonkey.mozdev.org / changes/0.3.5.html
Patch
mozdev.org / pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html
Exploit
mozdev.org / pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html
secunia.com / advisories/16128
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21453
osvdb.org / 18154
securiteam.com / securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/14336
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1147