CVE-2005-3955

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MagpieRSS 7.1, as used in (a) blogBuddiesv 0.3, (b) Jaws 0.6.2, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url parameter to (a) magpie_debug.php and (2) rss_url parameter to (b) magpie_slashbox.php and (c) simple_smarty.php.

Published: 2005-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3955 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.38%, 90th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.81% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3955

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26574 exploit_db edb 2005-11-23 Exploit-DB ↗
26573 exploit_db edb 2005-11-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3955

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 2026-05-29 2.56% 5.38% +2.81%
2 2025-12-30 4.64% 2.56% -2.08%
3 2025-10-05 — 4.64% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3955

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-2005-3955

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3955

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blogbuddies blogbuddies 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:blogbuddies:blogbuddies:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jaws jaws 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:jaws:jaws:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
magpierss magpierss 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:magpierss:magpierss:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3955

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