CVE-2005-4260

Exp

Interpretation conflict in includes/mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and later allows remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by replacing the ">" in the tag with a "<", which bypasses the regular expressions that sanitize the data, but is automatically corrected by many web browsers. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design limitation of many web browsers; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in PHP-Nuke.

Published: 2005-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4260 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.09% 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-2005-4260

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26817 exploit_db edb 2005-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4260

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 0.02% 2.11% +2.09%
2 2025-03-17 0.29% 0.02% -0.27%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4260

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-2005-4260

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4260

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
francisco_burzi php-nuke 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4260

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