CVE-2005-2638 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeNews version 1.40 and earlier. Specifically, remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the NewsMode parameter in NewsCategoryForm.php, or the Match and NewsMode parameters in SearchResults.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it lacks Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpfreenews:phpfreenews:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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