Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fidra Lighthouse CMS 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter in a query_string to the home page. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue, saying "Lighthouse does not in any way make use of the PHP technology. [It] is an application server ... A technology like this cannot be susceptible to client-side cross-site-scripting-attacks on its own, but only applications created based on such a technology. This does not only apply to Lighthouse, but also to Perl, PHP or web applications based on Java Servlet technology." Since the original researcher is known to test demo pages and is sometimes inaccurate, it is likely that this issue will be REJECTED
CVE-2005-4780
Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-01. NVD baseline CVSS 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.7
- EG Score
- 3.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 88.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 31, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/lighthouse-cms-xss-vuln.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.lighthouse-cms.de/en/news/
- cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/21852
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15952
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23668
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/lighthouse-cms-xss-vuln.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.lighthouse-cms.de/en/news/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/21852
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15952
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23668
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-26885✓ verifiedFirst seen Dec 19, 2005
Lighthouse CMS 1.1 - Search Cross-Site Scripting
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