CVE-2005-3959

FreeWebStat 1.0 rev37 - Cross-Site Scripting via site, jsref, jsres, jscolor, and search Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3959. PoCs published by Francesco Ongaro.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates multiple XSS vulnerabilities in FreeWebStat by injecting arbitrary JavaScript via unsanitized input parameters (domain, site, jsref, jsres, jscolor). The PoC uses curl commands to trigger the vulnerabilities, confirming the lack of input validation.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FreeWebStat 1.0 rev37 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) site, (2) jsref, (3) jsres, and (4) jscolor parameters to pixel.php, which are not sanitized before being included in the logdb.html file, and (5) the search key to stat.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Francesco Ongaro · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26635

The exploit demonstrates multiple XSS vulnerabilities in FreeWebStat by injecting arbitrary JavaScript via unsanitized input parameters (domain, site, jsref, jsres, jscolor). The PoC uses curl commands to trigger the vulnerabilities, confirming the lack of input validation.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FreeWebStat 1.0 rev37
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's pixel.php endpoint
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23391
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17783
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417902/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015301
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2646
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15601
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.freewebstat.com/changelog-english.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/21207
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.ush.it/2005/11/25/free-web-stat/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23387

Scores

EPSS 0.0478
EPSS Percentile 90.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
freewebstat/freewebstat 1.0_rev37
Published Dec 01, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026