CVE-2005-1118

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IISWebAgentIF.dll in the RSA Authentication Agent for Web 5.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the postdata parameter.

Published: 2005-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1118 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.51%). Core evidence: 1 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-2005-1118

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25421 exploit_db edb 2005-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1118

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 2.31% 2.51% +0.20%
2 2025-12-30 1.00% 2.31% +1.30%
3 2025-03-30 1.00%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1118

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-2005-1118

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1118

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rsa authentication_agent_for_web 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:authentication_agent_for_web:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1118

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