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CVE-2005-4256

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4256 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the forum.asp component of ASP-DEV XM Forum RC3, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the forum_title parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium severity), indicating it can be exploited over the network with medium access complexity to achieve partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal. The accuracy of the vulnerability details is questioned, as the specified parameter does not appear in the source code, potentially linking it to CVE-2004-2211.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asp-dev:xm_forum:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26820 · Dec 14, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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

securityfocus.com / bid/15858
Exploit