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CVE-2005-4041

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4041 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MR CGI Guy Hot Links SQL and Hot Links Pro versions 3.1.x. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML into affected websites via the search query string. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity and primarily impacting integrity by allowing unauthorized script execution. 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
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mr._cgi_guy:hot_links_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mr._cgi_guy:hot_links_sql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 38th 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

pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/12/hot-links-pro-3x-xss-vuln.html
pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/12/hot-links-sql-3x-xss-vuln.html
secunia.com / advisories/17868
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17872
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/15708
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2736
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2737