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CVE-2005-3757

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 41.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-11-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Saxon XSLT parser in Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via dangerous Java class methods in select attribute of xsl:value-of tags in XSLT style sheets, such as (1) system-property, (2) sys:getProperty, and (3) run:exec.

Affected products

• Google Mini Search Appliance: all versions
• Google Search Appliance: all versions

References

• http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17644
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015246
• http://www.osvdb.org/20981
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15509
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2500
• http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17644
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015246
• http://www.osvdb.org/20981
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded

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