CVE-2005-2167

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Plague News System 0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cid parameter.

Published: 2005-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2167 is rated Low Risk (34/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2167

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 2025-03-30 0.42% 0.28% -0.14%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.42% +0.16%
3 2025-03-17 0.26%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2167

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-2005-2167

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2167

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4rc3 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.4rc4 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.4rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
frozenplague.net plague_news_system 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:frozenplague.net:plague_news_system:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2167

URL Tags
http://dark-assassins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90 Vendor Advisory URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/15902 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence