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CVE-2009-4908 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in oBlog allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) comm…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4871

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in oBlog allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) commentName, (2) commentEmail, (3) commentWeb, or (4) commentText parameter to article.php; and allow remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (5) article_id or (6) title parameter to admin/write.php, the (7) category_id or (8) category_name parameter to admin/groups.php, the (9) blogroll_id or (10) title parameter to admin/blogroll.php, or the (11) blog_name or (12) tag_line parameter to admin/settings.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-10379)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-10379 oBlog - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting / Cross-Site Request Forgery / Admin Brute Force webapps, 2009-12-11
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0912-exploits/oblog-xssxsrf.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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