CVE-2005-2455

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147

http://www.osvdb.org/18154

http://secunia.com/advisories/16128

http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html

http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08545