CVE-2005-1962

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cerberus Helpdesk 0.97.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) errorcode parameter to index.php or (2) certain fields to clients.php.

Published: 2005-06-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1962 is rated Exploit Available (56/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1962

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1962

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 0.41% 1.26% +0.85%
2 2025-03-30 0.34% 0.41% +0.07%
3 2025-03-29 0.34%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1962

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-2005-1962

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1962

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerberus cerberus_helpdesk 0.97.3 cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:cerberus_helpdesk:0.97.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1962

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