CVE-2005-2276

Novell Groupwise WebAccess 6.5 - Cross-Site Scripting via Encoded JavaScript URI in Email

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2276. PoCs published by Francisco Amato.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in Novell GroupWise WebAccess, allowing arbitrary script execution via a crafted IMG tag. The PoC uses a JavaScript URI to trigger an alert with the document cookie, proving the vulnerability.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Novell Groupwise WebAccess 6.5 before July 11, 2005 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message with an encoded javascript URI (e.g. "j&#X41vascript" in an IMG tag.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Francisco Amato · textwebappsjava
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26001

This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in Novell GroupWise WebAccess, allowing arbitrary script execution via a crafted IMG tag. The PoC uses a JavaScript URI to trigger an alert with the document cookie, proving the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Novell GroupWise WebAccess (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open a malicious email in GroupWise WebAccess
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112181451014783&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21421
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/18064
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16098/
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14310
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/adv/ISR-11.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014515

Scores

EPSS 0.0246
EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
novell/groupwise_webaccess 6.0 sp4
novell/groupwise_webaccess 6.5 (5 CPE variants)
Published Jul 26, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026