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CVE-2005-4698

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4698 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TellMe versions 1.2 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected systems by manipulating the 'q_IP' or 'q_Host' parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely over the network with medium attack complexity, leading to a partial impact on integrity (e.g., defacement, session hijacking) without requiring authentication. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tellme:tellme:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26324 · Oct 5, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 65th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html
ExploitPatch
exploitlabs.com / files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt
ExploitPatch
kimihia.org.nz / projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/17078
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22521
osvdb.org / 19870
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/15012
ExploitPatch