CVE-2005-2480 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ColdFusion Fusebox 4.1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the fuseaction parameter, which is not quoted in an error page, as demonstrated using index.cfm

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ColdFusion Fusebox 4.1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the fuseaction parameter, which is not quoted in an error page, as demonstrated using index.cfm

Published Aug 5, 2005

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.61%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ColdFusion Fusebox 4.1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the fuseaction parameter, which is not quoted in an error page, as demonstrated using index.cfm.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.61% 0.03613

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03613

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.61% (0.03613)	89.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.61% (0.03613)	87.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.37% (0.00372)	56.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00266)	68.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00268)	66.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00268)	62.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	76.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	55.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112309656102615&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16320
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14460
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21697
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112309656102615&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16320		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14460		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21697		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 5, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 5, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2480

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2480

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2480