CVE-2005-0741

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in YaBB.pl for YaBB 2.0 RC1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter in a usersrecentposts action.

Published: 2005-03-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0741 is rated Exploit Available (54.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0741

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25199 exploit_db edb 2005-03-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0741

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 2025-07-29 0.31% 0.49% +0.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.73% 0.31% -0.43%
3 2025-03-29 0.73%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0741

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-2005-0741

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0741

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yabb yabb 2.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0741

URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013420 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12756 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence