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CVE-2005-4080
Horde IMP 4.0.4 and earlier does not sanitize strings containing UTF16 null characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.4%
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Description
Horde IMP 4.0.4 and earlier does not sanitize strings containing UTF16 null characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF16 encoded attachments and strings that will be executed when viewed using Internet Explorer, which ignores the characters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- imp-email-attachment-xss(23465) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051206 Horde IMP Webmail Client XSS all versions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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