CVE-2005-4041

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.cgi in MR CGI Guy Hot Links SQL 3.1.x and Hot Links Pro 3.1.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.

Published: 2005-12-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4041 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4041

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 2025-03-17 0.79% 0.59% -0.20%
2 2024-12-17 0.61% 0.79% +0.18%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4041

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-2005-4041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4041

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mr._cgi_guy hot_links_pro <= 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mr._cgi_guy:hot_links_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mr._cgi_guy hot_links_sql <= 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mr._cgi_guy:hot_links_sql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4041

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