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CVE-2005-4290

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4290 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ECW-Cart versions 2.03 and earlier, specifically within the index.cgi component. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through multiple parameters, including 'kword', 'max', 'min', 'comp', and 'f'. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement (partial impact to integrity) without requiring authentication. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:soft4e:ecw-cart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26848 · Dec 15, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 54th 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

pridels0.blogspot.com / 2005/12/ecw-cart-xss-vuln.html
secunia.com / advisories/18025
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 21715
securityfocus.com / bid/15890
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2925