CVE-2005-4433
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Esselbach Storyteller CMS 1.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, which is used by the Search field.
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: 1.18%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 67
- Score date: 10/10/2026
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)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/esselbach-storyteller-cms-xss-vuln.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18130
- http://www.osvdb.org/21787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15945
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2985
- http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/esselbach-storyteller-cms-xss-vuln.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18130
- http://www.osvdb.org/21787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15945
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2985
Raw JSON (NVD)
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