CVE-2005-4407

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.cfm in Mercury CMS 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) content and (2) criteria parameters.

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: 0.94%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 60
Score date: 10/5/2026

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)

TMC Visionpool — Mercury CMS

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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