CVE-2005-4432

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in PlaySMS 0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the err parameter.

Published: 2005-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4432 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.75%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4432

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26871 exploit_db edb 2005-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4432

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 2025-03-30 7.58% 7.75% +0.17%
2 2025-03-29 7.75% 7.58% -0.17%
3 2025-03-23 7.75%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4432

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-2005-4432

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4432

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
playsms playsms 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:playsms:playsms:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4432

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