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CVE-2005-0085
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter, which is not properly sanitized before it is displayed in an error message.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- 14795 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 14255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 17415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- htdig-config-xss(19223) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 14303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12442 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-680 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17414 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152907 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 15007 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0086 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0085)Record last updated .