CVE-2005-3757

critical

Description

The Saxon XSLT parser in Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via dangerous Java class methods in select attribute of xsl:value-of tags in XSLT style sheets, such as (1) system-property, (2) sys:getProperty, and (3) run:exec.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-3752

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2500

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15509

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/20981

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015246

http://secunia.com/advisories/17644

http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-11-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.4125