CVE-2005-4247

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Plogger Beta 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchterms parameter.

Published: 2005-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4247 is rated Exploit Available (54.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4247

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26794 exploit_db edb 2005-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4247

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 2023-05-09 0.25% 0.26% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.92% 0.25% -1.67%
3 2022-02-04 1.92%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4247

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-2005-4247

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4247

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
plogger plogger cpe:2.3:a:plogger:plogger:-:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4247

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