CVE-2009-0470
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTTP server in Cisco IOS 12.4(23) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under (1) level/15/exec/-/ or (2) exec/, a different…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTTP server in Cisco IOS 12.4(23) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under (1) level/15/exec/-/ or (2) exec/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3821.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.43% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 February 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- cisco/ios
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.