CVE-2005-4878

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.

Published: 2009-02-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4878

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4878

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-2005-4878

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4878

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4878

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