CVE-2005-0386

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.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0386

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0386

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0386

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0386

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0386

cvelogic Threat Intelligence