CVE-2005-1769

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown attack vectors in (1) the URL or (2) an e-mail message.

Published: 2005-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1769 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1769

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 1.70% 1.83% +0.13%
2 2025-12-28 1.64% 1.70% +0.06%
3 2025-12-27 — 1.64% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1769

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-2005-1769

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1769

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1769
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1769 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (squirrelmail), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1769

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1769

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3a cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.44 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1769

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