CVE-2005-4460

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Beehive Forum 0.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Name, (2) Description, and (3) Comment fields to (a) links.php and (b) links_add.php.

Published: 2005-12-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4460 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Core evidence: 1 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-2005-4460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26923 exploit_db edb 2005-12-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4460

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 1.13% 2.09% +0.96%
2 2026-05-19 0.80% 1.13% +0.33%
3 2025-03-30 0.80%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.6rc1 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.6rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beehive_forum beehive_forum 0.6rc2 cpe:2.3:a:beehive_forum:beehive_forum:0.6rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4460

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