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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2401

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPEcho CMS 2.0-rc3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a forum post.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.47%

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 1.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPEcho CMS 2.0-rc3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a forum post.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.47% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 June 2009
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
phpecho cms/phpecho cms
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.47%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-9014source ↗PHPEcho CMS 2.0-rc3 - 'forum' Cross-Site Scripting Cookie Stealing / Blind SQL Injectionphp · JosSwebapps24 June 2009yes

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