CVE-2005-4858

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in mimic2.cgi in mimicboard2 (Mimic2) 086 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters associated with the (1) name, (2) title, and (3) comment sections, as demonstrated by referencing a remote document through the SRC attribute of an IFRAME element.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4858 is rated Low Risk (29.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4858

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 2026-02-22 0.09% 0.15% +0.06%
2 2025-03-17 0.26% 0.09% -0.17%
3 2024-11-28 0.26%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4858

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4858

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2005-4858

Comment: In addition to the sites referenced. http://secunia.com/product/5681/ gives an advisory for the vulnerability as well as additional descripton.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4858

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
chitta mimicboard_2 <= 086 cpe:2.3:a:chitta:mimicboard_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4858

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