CVE-2005-2855

Unclassified NewsBoard 1.5.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Description Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2855. PoCs published by [email protected].

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in Unclassified NewsBoard due to insufficient input sanitization. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML/script code into the description field, leading to XSS attacks.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Unclassified NewsBoard 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the description field.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by [email protected] · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26224

This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in Unclassified NewsBoard due to insufficient input sanitization. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML/script code into the description field, leading to XSS attacks.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Unclassified NewsBoard
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the 'post new message' functionality
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1665
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14748
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/19239
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16726
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22172
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605049014473&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0198
EPSS Percentile 78.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
unclassified_newsboard/unclassified_newsboard 1.5.3
Published Sep 08, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026