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CVE-2005-3757

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3757 describes a critical vulnerability in the Saxon XSLT parser used by Google Mini Search Appliance and potentially Google Search Appliance. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information by injecting dangerous Java class methods into XSLT stylesheets. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit modules and ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:google:mini_search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:google:search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
41.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Google Appliance ProxyStyleSheet Command Execution · Aug 16, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16907 · Jul 1, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4125 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

metasploit.com / research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17644
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 20981
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15509
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2500