Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) acid_qry_main.php in Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) 0.9.6b20 and (2) base_qry_main.php in Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE) 1.2, and unspecified other console scripts in these products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sig[1] parameter and possibly other parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6156.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4878 is rated Low Risk (35.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 0.39% | 0.33% | -0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.25% | 0.39% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2005-4878 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acidbase), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4878 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| acid | analysis_console_for_intrusion_databases | 0.9.6b20 | cpe:2.3:a:acid:analysis_console_for_intrusion_databases:0.9.6b20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| secureideas | basic_analysis_and_security_engine | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:basic_analysis_and_security_engine:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |