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CVE-2005-4407: Mercury CMS lets attackers inject malicious script

CVE-2005-4407 · published 20 years ago

Summary

The Mercury CMS product (versions 4.0 and earlier) can be tricked into running attacker‑provided web code through its index.cfm page. This could let malicious actors display fake pages, steal user credentials, or take control of a visitor's session. Apply the vendor's update or patch, or ensure all input fields are properly filtered and encoded to prevent script injection.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
tmc_visionpool	mercury_cms	<= 4.0 `cpe:2.3:a:tmc_visionpool:mercury_cms::::::::`

Original advisory text

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.cfm in Mercury CMS 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) content and (2) criteria parameters.

References

Fix within

Internet-facing 60 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

4.3 Medium

Exploitation

<1% chance of attack within 30 days

Timeline

Published20 Dec 2005

Updated3 Nov 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2005-4407 · NVD

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