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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-0549

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Solaris AnswerBook2 Documentation 1.4.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "View Log Files" function.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.72%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Solaris AnswerBook2 Documentation 1.4.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "View Log Files" function.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.72% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 7 May 2005
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
sun/solaris answerbook2
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.72%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-10386source ↗Sun Solaris AnswerBook2 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiessolaris · Thomas Liam Romaniswebapps7 May 2005no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.