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CVE-2009-4586 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.html in Wowd client before 1.3.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary we…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4552

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.html in Wowd client before 1.3.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sortby, (2) tags, or (3) ctx parameter in a search action.

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Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • lostmon.blogspot.com http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/10/wowd-search-client-multiple-variable.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/wowd-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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