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title: "CVE-2005-3973\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-3973

Publication date 3 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Drupal 4.5.0 through
4.5.5 and 4.6.0 through 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary
web script or HTML via various HTML tags and values, such as the (1) legend
tag and the value parameter used in (2) label and (3) input tags, possibly
due to an incomplete blacklist.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| drupal | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3973)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3973)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-3973)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3973)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3973>