Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2005-4596 is an XSS flaw in AdesGuestbook 2.0. A remote attacker could cause script or HTML to run in a visitor’s browser through the totalRows_rsRead parameter in read.php. Business impact is mainly legacy-site trust, visitor compromise, and possible session exposure. Exposure is likely limited to sites still running AdesGuestbook 2.0 or preserved legacy PHP guestbook code with read.php publicly reachable. The provided affected-product fields are incomplete, so confirm by application inventory and code review rather than CPE matching alone. Prioritize if legacy public PHP applications remain in production. This is old and not KEV-listed, but exposed XSS can damage visitor trust and support phishing or session-risk scenarios. If AdesGuestbook is not present, no direct action is indicated. Mitigation focus: Check vendor or archived project guidance for a fixed AdesGuestbook release.; Remove or disable AdesGuestbook if it is no longer business-required.; Sanitize and encode user-controlled output in read.php..
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- Known Exploited
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- Published
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- adesguestbook-read-xss(23909)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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