CVE-2005-2638 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeNews 1.40 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) NewsMode parameter to NewsCategoryForm.php, or the (2) Match or (3) NewsMode parameter to SearchResults.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeNews 1.40 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) NewsMode parameter to NewsCategoryForm.php, or the (2) Match or (3) NewsMode parameter to SearchResults.php

Published Aug 20, 2005

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.78%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeNews 1.40 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) NewsMode parameter to NewsCategoryForm.php, or the (2) Match or (3) NewsMode parameter to SearchResults.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.78% 0.01784

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

EPSS probability 0.01784

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	1.78% (0.01784)	77.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.78% (0.01784)	75.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.39% (0.00386)	57.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.31% (0.00313)	71.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.32% (0.00315)	69.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.32% (0.00315)	65.55th	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=112439254700016&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16490/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014726
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14590
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112439254700016&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/16490/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014726		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14590		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 20, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 20, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2638

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2638

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2638