CVE-2005-2557 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2557?

CVE-2005-2557 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Sep 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in view_all_set.php in Mantis 0.19.0a1 through 1.0.0a3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dir parameter, as identified by bug#0005959, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3090.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2557?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gentoo Linux, Mantis Mantis.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2557?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2005-2557 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2557 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cx3j-rr3m-p9g4.