CVE-2005-1158

Multiple "missing security checks" in Firefox before 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into privileged pages using the _search target of the Firefox sidebar.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1158 is rated Moderate Risk (43.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1158

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 0.86% 1.25% +0.39%
2 2025-11-23 0.71% 0.86% +0.15%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.71% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1158

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1158

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1158
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1158 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1158

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