CVE-2005-3818
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vTiger CRM 4.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vTiger CRM 4.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) various input fields, including the contact, lead, and first or last name fields, (2) the record parameter in a DetailView action in the Leads module for index.php, (3) the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable, which is used in multiple locations such as index.php, and (4) aggregated RSS feeds in the RSS aggregation module.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- vTiger CRM 4.2 Leads Module - 'record' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26584webapps, phppublished 24 Nov 2005Verified
- vTiger CRM 4.2 RSS Aggregation Module - Feed Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26585webapps, phppublished 24 Nov 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% 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
- ADV-2005-2569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_232005.105.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21228 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051124 Advisory 23/2005: vTiger multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- vtiger-rss-xss(23363) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21227 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- vtiger-multiple-fields-xss(23362) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2005-3813 (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-2005-3818)Record last updated .