CVE-2009-4359
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in folder.php in the SmartMedia 0.85 Beta module for XOOPS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the categoryid parameter.
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 folder.php in the SmartMedia 0.85 Beta module for XOOPS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the categoryid parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.49% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 November 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- marc-andre lanciault/smartmedia
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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.
References
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/xoopssmartmedia-xss.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37156
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54488
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/xoopssmartmedia-xss.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37156
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54488
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.