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CVE-2005-3869

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3869 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google API Search version 1.3.1 and earlier. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing hex-encoded values in the 'REQ' parameter of the index.php file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, as it requires medium attack complexity and results in partial integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:api_search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0252 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/11/google-api-search-xss-vuln.html
secunia.com / advisories/17725
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23347
osvdb.org / 21145
securityfocus.com / bid/15612
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2608