CVE-2005-3556
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) listname parameter in (a) admin/editlist.php, (2) title parameter in (b) admin/spageedit.php, (3) title field in (c) admin/template.php, (4) filter, (5) delete, and (6) start parameters in (d) admin/eventlog.php, (7) id parameter in (e) admin/configure.php, (8) find parameter in (f) admin/users.php, (9) start parameter in (g) admin/admin.php, and (10) action parameter in (h) admin/fckphplist.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB3 entries
- PHPList Mailing List Manager 2.x - '/admin/eventlog.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26483webapps, phppublished 7 Nov 2005Verified
- PHPList Mailing List Manager 2.x - '/admin/configure.php?id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26484webapps, phppublished 7 Nov 2005Verified
- PHPList Mailing List Manager 2.x - '/admin/users.php?find' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26485webapps, phppublished 7 Nov 2005Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2005-11-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051107 [TKADV2005-11-001] Multiple vulnerabilities in PHPlist (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20576 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2005-3555 (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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