CVE-2005-4576

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the UpdateEngine program in Fatwire UpdateEngine 6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) COUNTRYNAME, (2) EMAIL, and (3) FUELAP_TEMPLATENAME parameters.

Published: 2005-12-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4576 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.20%). Core evidence: 2 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-2005-4576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26987 exploit_db edb 2005-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4576

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 2026-06-17 4.10% 4.20% +0.10%
2 2026-06-15 6.19% 4.10% -2.09%
3 2025-03-30 6.19%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4576

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-2005-4576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fatwire updateengine <= 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:fatwire:updateengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4576

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