Vulnerability in Safehtml
CVE-2005-2608
SafeHTML before 1.3.5 does not properly filter script in UTF-7 and CSS comments, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in vulnerable applications that use SafeHTML.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Safehtml — versions 1.3.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14574 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/16427 (third-party-advisory)