Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript, and possibly other web script or HTML, via the proxystylesheet variable, which will be executed in the resulting error message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3754 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.90% | 2.48% | +1.58% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.75% | 0.90% | +0.15% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.75% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mini_search_appliance | — | cpe:2.3:h:google:mini_search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| search_appliance | — | cpe:2.3:h:google:search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet/ | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17644 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015246 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.osvdb.org/20978 | Patch |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15509 | Patch |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2500 |