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CVE-2005-4385

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4385 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier, specifically within the search.htm component. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through the searchstring parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB and Nuclei templates are available, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9.9cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:1.9.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.9dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:1.9.9d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_rc2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:2.0_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
8.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2005-4385 · Aug 6, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-26879 · Dec 19, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0884 is in the 94th 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/cofax-xss-vuln.html
osvdb.org / 21850
securityfocus.com / bid/15940
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2977