CVE-2005-3955

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MagpieRSS 7.1, as used in (a) blogBuddiesv 0.3, (b) Jaws 0.6.2, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url parameter to (a) magpie_debug.php and (2) rss_url parameter to (b) magpie_slashbox.php and (c) simple_smarty.php.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.41% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://retrogod.altervista.org/JAWS_062_sql.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1366743&group_id=127552&atid=708847 patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27337 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20842 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/35 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/17741 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015264 vdb entry
http://www.jaws-project.com/index.php?blog/show/29
http://www.osvdb.org/21113 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15555 vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438434/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/21112 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2546 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/21643 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18665 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3955?
CVE-2005-3955 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3955?
To fix CVE-2005-3955, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3955 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-3955 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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