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CVE-2005-2455
Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.5%
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- mitre
Description
Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 16128 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1147 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [Greasemonkey] 20050718 greasemonkey for secure data over insecure networks / sites (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- mozilla-greasemonkey-information-disclosure(21453) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Greasemonkey] 20050718 greasemonkey for secure data over insecure networks / sites (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 14336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014529 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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