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CVE-2005-2769

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2769 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and potentially other versions, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through specially crafted HTML emails. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of HTML tags containing special characters. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), this flaw has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, though it does not directly impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the system itself. While there is an ExploitDB entry detailing an IMG tag script injection, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inter7:sqwebmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26200 · Aug 29, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

marc.info
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2005/Aug/975
secunia.com / advisories/16600
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/17156
secunia.com / secunia_research/2005-39/advisory
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22043
securityfocus.com / bid/14676
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-201-1