CVE-2005-3429

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Rockliffe MailSite Express before 6.1.22, with the option to save login information enabled, saves user passwords in plaintext in cookies, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the cookie file, or remote attackers to obtain the cookies via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

Published: 2005-11-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3429 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.42%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3429

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3429

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 0.65% 2.42% +1.77%
2 2025-03-30 0.54% 0.65% +0.11%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.54% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3429

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rockliffe mailsite_express <= 6.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:rockliffe:mailsite_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rockliffe mailsite_express 6.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:rockliffe:mailsite_express:6.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3429

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