CVE-2005-4428 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Cerberus Helpdesk allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the kb_ask parameter.

Published: 2005-12-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:cerberus_helpdesk:2.649:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4423	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Cerberus Helpdesk allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the kb_ask parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00527.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113500878630130&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18112
http://www.osvdb.org/21989
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420271/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16062
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23834

History

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Subscriptions

Cerberus Cerberus Helpdesk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-20T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.153Z

Reserved: 2005-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4428

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-20T23:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4428

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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