THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-1782
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1782

Bookreview vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BookReview beta 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the node parameter to (1) add_review.htm, (2) suggest_review.htm, (3) suggest_category.htm, (4) add_booklist.htm, or (5) add_url.htm, the isbn parameter to (6) add_review.htm, (7) add_contents.htm, (8) add_classification.htm, the (9) chapters parameter to the add_contents page in index.php (aka add_contents.htm), (10) the user parameter to contact.htm, or (11) the submit[string] parameter to search.htm. NOTE: it is not clear whether BookReview is available to the public. If not, then it should not be included in CVE.
Affected vendor
W.M.R. Simpson
Affected product
Bookreview
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2005-05-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1782

  • Confirm whether W.M.R. Simpson Bookreview is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1782.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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