CVE-2005-3758

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 a proxystylesheet variable that contains a malicious XSLT style sheet.

Published: 2005-11-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3758 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.11%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +18.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3758

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% 19.11% +18.21%
2 2025-03-30 1.01% 0.90% -0.11%
3 2025-03-29 1.01%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3758

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-2005-3758

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3758

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google mini_search_appliance cpe:2.3:h:google:mini_search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google search_appliance cpe:2.3:h:google:search_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3758

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