CVE-2005-3473

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Simple PHP Blog 0.4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) entry, (2) blog_subject, and (3) blog_text parameters (involving the temp_subject variable) in (a) preview_cgi.php and (b) preview_static_cgi.php, or (4) scheme_name parameter and (5) bg_color parameters (involving the preset_name and result variables) in (c) colors.php.

Published: 2005-11-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3473 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.18%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3473

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26462 exploit_db edb 2005-11-02 Exploit-DB ↗
26461 exploit_db edb 2005-11-02 Exploit-DB ↗
26463 exploit_db edb 2005-11-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3473

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 3.63% 2.18% -1.45%
2 2026-01-03 2.21% 3.63% +1.42%
3 2025-04-23 — 2.21% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3473

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-2005-3473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alexander_palmo simple_php_blog 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:alexander_palmo:simple_php_blog:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3473

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