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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2455 · published 4 August 2005

CVE-2005-2455: Greasemonkey vulnerability

Greasemonkey · Greasemonkey

Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.5% · top 5.1%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 8 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue.

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://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html Patch
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html Patch
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html Exploit
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16128 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529 ExploitPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/18154
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453
http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html Patch
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html Patch
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html Exploit
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16128 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529 ExploitPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/18154
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2455), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.