CVE-2005-4655 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in submit.php in PHP-Fusion 6.0.204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested tags in the news_body parameter, as demonstrated by elements such as "<me<meta>ta" and "<sc<script>ript>"

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in submit.php in PHP-Fusion 6.0.204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested tags in the news_body parameter, as demonstrated by elements such as "<me<meta>ta" and "<sc<script>ript>"

Published Jan 16, 2006

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.26%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in submit.php in PHP-Fusion 6.0.204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested tags in the news_body parameter, as demonstrated by elements such as "<me<meta>ta" and "<sc<script>ript>".

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.26% 0.01255

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

EPSS probability 0.01255

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 1, 2026	1.26% (0.01255)	68.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.23% (0.01226)	64.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00409)	59.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.93% (0.01927)	88.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.36% (0.00355)	71.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2023	0.36% (0.00355)	67.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00333)	66.54th	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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0272.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17312
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/106
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2192
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0272.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17312		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/106		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2192		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 16, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 16, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4655

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4655

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-4655