CVE-2005-4196

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT) 1.3.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the ss parameter in SPT--QuickSearch.php; (2) ParentId parameter in SPT--BrowseResources.php; (3) the ResourceId parameter in SPT--FullRecord.php; (4) ResourceOffset parameter in SPT--Home.php, (5) F_SearchString parameter in SPT--QuickSearch.php; (6) F_UserName and (7) F_Password parameters in SPT--UserLogin.php; (8) F_SearchCat1, (9) F_TextField1, (10) F_SearchCat2, (11) F_TextField2, (12) F_SearchCat3, (13) F_TextField3, (14) F_SearchCat4, (15) F_TextField4, (16) ResourceType, (17) Language, (18) Audience, (19) Format parameters in SPT--AdvancedSearch.php.

Published: 2005-12-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4196 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.11%, 91th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4196

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26780 exploit_db edb 2005-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
26781 exploit_db edb 2005-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
26782 exploit_db edb 2005-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4196

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 1.96% 5.11% +3.15%
2 2026-01-11 4.73% 1.96% -2.77%
3 2025-11-23 — 4.73% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4196

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-2005-4196

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4196

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
internet_scout scout_portal_toolkit <= 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:internet_scout:scout_portal_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet_scout scout_portal_toolkit 1.3.0_beta cpe:2.3:a:internet_scout:scout_portal_toolkit:1.3.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4196

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