CVE-2005-4080 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.4% (pctl 84)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Horde IMP 4.0.4 and earlier does not sanitize strings containing UTF16 null characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF16 encoded attachments and strings that will be executed when viewed using Internet Explorer, which ignores the characters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.4% — more likely to be exploited than 84% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| horde | imp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Horde IMP 2.2.x/3.2.x/4.0.x - Email Attachments HTML Injection | 2005-12-06 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17910
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/232
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418734/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15730/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2773
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23465
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17910
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/232
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418734/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15730/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2773
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23465
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