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CVE-2005-4481
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Polopoly 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.3%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Polopoly 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified search parameters. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that the "XSS flaw was only part of the custom implementation of the [polopoly] site". As of 20061003, CVE has no further information on this issue, except that the original researcher has a history of testing live sites and assuming that discoveries indicate vulnerabilities in the associated package
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 21878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060926 vendor dispute: 21878: Polopoly Search Module XSS (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/polopoly-xss-vuln.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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