CVE-2005-3494

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ar-blog 5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a blog comment.

Published: 2005-11-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3494 is rated Exploit Available (53.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Core evidence: 1 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-2005-3494

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3494

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 0.50% 0.44% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.37% 0.50% +0.13%
3 2023-03-29 0.37%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3494

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-2005-3494

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3494

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ar-blog ar-blog <= 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ar-blog:ar-blog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3494

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