Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in News Manager Lite 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) email parameter to comment_add.asp, (2) search parameter to search.asp, or (3) n parameter to category_news_headline.asp.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1845 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.16%). Core evidence: 8 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23858 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-03-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 23857 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-03-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 23859 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-03-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.12% | 2.16% | +1.04% |
| 2 | 2025-08-29 | 0.66% | 1.12% | +0.46% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.66% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| expinion.net | news_manager_lite | 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:expinion.net:news_manager_lite:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |