What is CVE-2005-4385?

CVE-2005-4385 is a vulnerability in Cofax. Published 2005-12-20.

Is CVE-2005-4385 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cofax

CVE-2005-4385

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.htm in Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchstring parameter.

Published 2005-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.088 (95.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.088 · newest: 0.088 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cofax — versions 1.9.9c, 1.9.9d, 2.0_rc1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/15940 (vdb-entry)
pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/cofax-xss-vuln.html
www.osvdb.org/21850 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2977 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-4385?: CVE-2005-4385 is a vulnerability in Cofax. Published 2005-12-20.
Is CVE-2005-4385 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.