CVE-2005-1049

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PostNuke 0.760-RC3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) module parameter to admin.php or (2) op parameter to user.php. NOTE: the vendor reports that certain issues could not be reproduced for 760 RC3, or for .750. However, the op/user.php issue exists when the pnAntiCracker setting is disabled.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1049 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.24%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.72% 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1049

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25366 exploit_db edb 2005-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
25367 exploit_db edb 2005-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1049

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 11.52% 13.24% +1.72%
2 2025-03-29 13.24% 11.52% -1.72%
3 2025-03-23 13.24%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1049

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1049

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1049

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.760_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.760_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1049

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