CVE-2005-4209

Exp

WorldClient webmail in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to prevent arbitrary users from accessing their inboxes via script tags in the Subject header of an e-mail message, which prevents the user from being able to access the Inbox folder, possibly due to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Published: 2005-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4209 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% 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-2005-4209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26779 exploit_db edb 2005-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4209

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 0.54% 2.13% +1.59%
2 2025-03-30 0.41% 0.54% +0.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4209

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:N/A:P 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 8.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n worldclient 8.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:worldclient:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4209

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