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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-3921 Detail

Current Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco IOS Web Server for IOS 12.0(2a) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by (1) packets containing HTML that an administrator views via an HTTP interface to the contents of memory buffers, as demonstrated by the URI /level/15/exec/-/buffers/assigned/dump; or (2) sending the router Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets with HTML payload that an administrator views via the CDP status pages. NOTE: these vectors were originally reported as being associated with the dump and packet options in /level/15/exec/-/show/buffers.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17780 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18528 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/227 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015275 CVE, MITRE
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20051201-http.shtml CVE, MITRE
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=372 CVE, MITRE
http://www.infohacking.com/INFOHACKING_RESEARCH/Our_Advisories/cisco/index.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417916/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15602 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16291 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2657 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5867 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3921
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE