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CVE-2005-2488

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2488 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the Web Content Management News System. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'strRootpath' parameter in validsession.php or the 'strTable' parameter in Admin/News/List.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:web_content_management:web_content_management_news_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26068 · Aug 3, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 55th 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

secunia.com / advisories/16317
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21689
rgod.altervista.org / webc.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/14464