CVE-2005-3869

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Google API Search 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via hex-encoded values in the REQ parameter.

Affected products

Google Api Search: through 1.3.1

References

http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/11/google-api-search-xss-vuln.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17725
http://www.osvdb.org/21145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15612
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2608
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23347
http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/11/google-api-search-xss-vuln.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17725
http://www.osvdb.org/21145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15612
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2608
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23347

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