CVE-2009-4237
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the req parameter to login.php, and allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 3.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the req parameter to login.php, and allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (2) the key parameter to lib/general/staticPage.php, (3) the tableName parameter to lib/attachments/attachmentupload.php, or the (4) startDate, (5) endDate, or (6) logLevel parameter to lib/events/eventviewer.php; (7) the search_notes_string parameter to lib/results/resultsMoreBuilds_buildReport.php; or the (8) expected_results, (9) name, (10) steps, or (11) summary parameter in a find action to lib/testcases/searchData.php, related to lib/functions/database.class.php.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.31% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 December 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- teamst/testlink
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.3% 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
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0221.html
- http://osvdb.org/60914
- http://osvdb.org/60915
- http://osvdb.org/60916
- http://osvdb.org/60917
- http://osvdb.org/60918
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/testlink-multiple-injection-vulnerabilitiesExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37258Exploit, Patch
- http://www.teamst.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=2Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0221.html
- http://osvdb.org/60914
- http://osvdb.org/60915
- http://osvdb.org/60916
- http://osvdb.org/60917
- http://osvdb.org/60918
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/testlink-multiple-injection-vulnerabilitiesExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37258Exploit, Patch
- http://www.teamst.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=2Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.