CVE-2009-1408
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as onmouseover in nested BBcode tags, as demonstrated using (1) email, (2) img, and (3) url tags.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1406)
- Published
- April 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1406 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- webspell / webspell
References
- http://osvdb.org/53782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34764(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502732/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34595(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=25(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=126&lang=uk(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49937
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8453
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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