CVE-2005-4485
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ProjectApp 3.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 7Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ProjectApp 3.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keywords parameter to (1) forums.asp, (2) search_employees.asp, (3) cat.asp, and (4) links.asp; (5) projectid parameter to pmprojects.asp, (6) ret_page parameter to login.asp, and (7) skin_number parameter to default.asp.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 7 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits7
Exploit-DB7 entries
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'forums.asp?keywords' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26930webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'search_employees.asp?keywords' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26931webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'cat.asp?keywords' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26932webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'links.asp?keywords' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26933webapps, cgipublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'pmprojects.asp?projectid' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26934webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'login.asp?ret_page' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26935webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 2005Verified
- ProjectApp 3.3 - 'default.asp?skin_number' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26936webapps, asppublished 21 Dec 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)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 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
11
- 21964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 18199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21963 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/projectapp-mutliple-xss-vuln.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21962 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16011 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21968 (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-2005-4480 (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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