CVE-2005-2982

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CompaqHTTPServer 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL, which is not properly quoted in the resulting 404 error page.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.97%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 61
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Compaq — Compaqhttpserver

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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