CVE-2005-2853 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in GuppY 4.5.3a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the pg parameter to printfaq.php, or the (2) Referer or (3) User-Agent HTTP headers, which are not properly handled by error.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in GuppY 4.5.3a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the pg parameter to printfaq.php, or the (2) Referer or (3) User-Agent HTTP headers, which are not properly handled by error.php

Published Sep 8, 2005

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.18%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in GuppY 4.5.3a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the pg parameter to printfaq.php, or the (2) Referer or (3) User-Agent HTTP headers, which are not properly handled by error.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.18% 0.01177

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01177

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.18% (0.01177)	66.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.18% (0.01177)	63.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00360)	56.02th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.25% (0.00247)	65.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.15% (0.00155)	50.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.14% (0.00140)	48.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00242)	60.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16707
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.freeguppy.org/download.php?lng=en
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.freeguppy.org/thread.php?lng=en&pg=81882&fid=1&cat=200
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14753
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16707		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.freeguppy.org/download.php?lng=en		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.freeguppy.org/thread.php?lng=en&pg=81882&fid=1&cat=200		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14753		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 8, 2005

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Sep 8, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2853

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2853

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2853