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CVE-2005-3496

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3496 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP Handicapper, specifically allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "msg" parameter in msg.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. The vendor has disputed a related CVE, and it is possible this dispute was intended to cover this issue as well, though initial reports suggest the vulnerability is valid.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd 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/17412
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 20479
osvdb.org / 20480
securityfocus.com / bid/15294
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2292
Vendor Advisory
zone-h.org / advisories/read/id=8360