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CVE-2005-3759· NVD / CVE Program· CNA debian

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Horde before 3.0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Horde before 3.0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) gzip/tar and (2) css MIME viewers, which do not filter or escape dangerous HTML when extracting and displaying attachments.

MediumCVSS 5.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 22, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 72th percentile
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Action score

23

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
hordehorde

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • horde horde1.2
  • horde horde1.2.1
  • horde horde1.2.2
  • horde horde1.2.3
  • horde horde1.2.4
  • horde horde1.2.5
  • horde horde1.2.6
  • horde horde1.2.7
  • horde horde1.2.8
  • horde horde2.0
  • horde horde2.1
  • horde horde2.1.3
  • horde horde2.2
  • horde horde2.2.1
  • horde horde2.2.3
  • horde horde2.2.4
  • horde horde2.2.4_rc1
  • horde horde2.2.5
  • horde horde2.2.6
  • horde horde2.2.7

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:3.1horde3before 3.0.4-4sarge23.0.4-4sarge2

Same product

horde: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-3344The default installation of Horde 3.0.4 contains an administrative account with a blank password, which allows remote attackers to gain acce
    42Plan
  • CVE-2002-0181Cross-site scripting vulnerability in status.php3 for IMP 2.2.8 and HORDE 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-2195Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in horde 3 (horde3) before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0728Horde before 2.2.4 allows remote malicious web sites to steal session IDs and read or create arbitrary email by stealing the ID from a refer
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2006-1260Horde Application Framework 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a null character in the url parameter in services/go.p
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2010-1638The IMP plugin in Horde allows remote attackers to bypass firewall restrictions and use Horde as a proxy to scan internal networks via a cra
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:horde33.0.4-4sarge2 · Debian:3.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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