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CVE-2005-3020

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3020 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin versions prior to 3.0.9, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various parameters in several PHP files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild or on any hot lists, exploit code is publicly available through ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of Metasploit or Nuclei modules. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:1.0.1:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_rc2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:2.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26278 · Sep 19, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

marc.info
morph3us.org / advisories/20050917-vbulletin-3.0.8.txt
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16873
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22324
securityfocus.com / bid/14874
ExploitPatch