CVE-2005-3757: Google Mini Search Appliance

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 41.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Google Mini Search Appliance: any version
  • Google Search Appliance: any version

Published 2005-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.