# CVE-2005-4644: Trac HTML WikiProcessor cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2005-4644-trac-html-wikiprocessor-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2005-12-31  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2005-4644 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2005-12-31

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML WikiProcessor in Edgewall Trac 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via javascript in the SRC attribute of an IMG tag.

Technologies: [trac (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/trac). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2005-4644 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2005-4644 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2005-4644?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 31 December 2005.

**Which products and versions are affected?** trac (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.10, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9-stable.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2005-4644?** Yes. trac (PyPI): upgrade to 0.10, 0.9-stable or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2005-4644?** Check whether you run trac (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- trac (PyPI): upgrade to 0.10, 0.9-stable or later

  ```sh
  pip install "trac>=0.10"
  ```


## Affected products

- trac (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.10, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9-stable

## Identifiers

- CVE-2005-4644
- GHSA-6vhp-hp77-6w52
- PYSEC-2005-1

## Related threats

- [Trac is vulnerable to improper policy checks and missing 'raw' role check in docutils](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2009-4405-trac-is-vulnerable-to-improper-policy-checks-and-missing-raw-role)
- [Trac vulnerable to denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2008-5646-trac-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service)
- [Trac has vulnerability in HTML sanitizer filter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2008-5647-trac-has-vulnerability-in-html-sanitizer-filter)
- [Trac Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2008-3328-trac-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability)
- [Trac Open Redirect vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2008-2951-trac-open-redirect-vulnerability)