CVE-2005-3849

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Search module in PmWiki up to 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter.

Published: 2005-11-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3849 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.04%). 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-2005-3849

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26560 exploit_db edb 2005-11-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3849

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 1.09% 2.04% +0.94%
2 2026-03-24 0.95% 1.09% +0.15%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3849

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-2005-3849

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3849

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pmwiki pmwiki <= 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pmwiki pmwiki 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3849

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