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CVE-2005-2523

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2523 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities present in the Weblog Server component of Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.2. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected systems, though the specific vectors are unspecified. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely over the network with medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity by allowing unauthorized content injection. There is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. While a single exploit (EDB-26152) exists on ExploitDB, there is no Metasploit or Nuclei support, and community discussion and media coverage are virtually nonexistent.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:weblog_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26152 · Aug 15, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 41st 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

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
PatchVendor Advisory