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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1783 · published 31 May 2005

CVE-2005-1783: W.m.r. simpson bookreview vulnerability

WW.M.R. Simpson · Bookreview

BookReview beta 1.0 allows remote attackers to obtain the path of the web server via certain parameters to search.htm, possibly due to a search[string] parameter with a missing value or an incorrect submit[type] value, which reveals the path in the resulting error message. NOTE: it is not clear whether BookReview is available to the public. If not, then it should not be included in CVE.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.5% · top 26.0%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

BookReview beta 1.0 allows remote attackers to obtain the path of the web server via certain parameters to search.htm, possibly due to a search[string] parameter with a missing value or an incorrect submit[type] value, which reveals the path in the resulting error message. NOTE: it is not clear whether BookReview is available to the public. If not, then it should not be included in CVE.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/bookreview-10-multiple-variable-xss.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/1014058
http://www.osvdb.org/16880
http://www.osvdb.org/16881 ExploitVendor Advisory
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/bookreview-10-multiple-variable-xss.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/1014058
http://www.osvdb.org/16880
http://www.osvdb.org/16881 ExploitVendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

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4.3CVE-2005-1782W.m.r. simpson bookreview vulnerabilityMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BookReview beta 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the node…EPSS 5.1%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1783), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.