{"id":"CVE-2009-4359","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-4359","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:13.223Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2009-12-20T02:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:13:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["marc-andre lanciault/smartmedia"],"epss":{"score":0.01489,"percentile":0.73908,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-11-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":33382,"kind":"exploit","title":"SmartMedia Module 0.85 Beta for XOOPS - 'categoryId' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33382","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/33382.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/33382.txt","published":"2009-11-30","added":"2009-11-30","updated":"2014-05-16","author":"SoldierOfAllah","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2009-4359","OSVDB-61261"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37156/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/xoopssmartmedia-xss.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37156","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54488","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/xoopssmartmedia-xss.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37156","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54488","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4359","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}