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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1408 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote at…

published 2009-04-24 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1406

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8453)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8453 webSPELL 4.2.0c - Bypass BBCode Cross-Site Scripting Cookie Stealing webapps, 2009-04-16
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34595 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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