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CVE-2009-4578 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facileforms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla!

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4544

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facileforms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-10737)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-10737 Joomla! Component FacileForms - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-12-27
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37477 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0912-exploits/joomlafacileforms-xss.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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