Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in network.cgi in mailreader before 2.3.29 earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via MIME text/enriched or text/richtext messages.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0386 is rated Low Risk (34/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 0.42% | 0.28% | -0.14% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.28% | 0.42% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 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 | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-0386 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailreader), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0386 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.20 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.21 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.22 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.23 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.24 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.25 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.26 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.27 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.28 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mailreader.com | mailreader.com | 2.3.29 | cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14777 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-700 | Patch Vendor Advisory |