CVE-2005-1488

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Merak Mail Server 8.0.3 with Icewarp Web Mail 5.4.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the E-mail address, Note, or Public Certificate fields to address.html, (2) addressaction.html, (3) the Signature field to settings.html, or (4) the Shared calendars to calendarsettings.html.

Published: 2005-05-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1488 is rated Low Risk (14.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1488

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 0.07% 0.27% +0.20%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.07% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 1.05%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1488

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1488

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1488

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icewarp web_mail 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
merak mail_server 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1488

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