CVE-2009-2937 json
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Planet 2.0 and Planet Venus allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
published 2009-09-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2925
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.5%
- EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Planet 2.0 and Planet Venus allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the SRC attribute of an IMG element in a feed.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2937 updated
planet: Insufficient escaping of input feeds
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-33219)
- Published
Exploit prediction
4.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-33219 Planet 2.0 - HTML Injection webapps, 2009-09-11
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36392 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
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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lists.planetplanet.org
/archives/devel/2009-September/001999.html
mailing-list, patch
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intertwingly.net
/blog/2009/09/09/Venus-Updates
patch
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securityfocus.com
/bid/36392
vdb-entry, exploit
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00525.html
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00504.html
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/36636
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/36766
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546178
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=522802
- bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546179
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2009-2937
- NVD CVE-2009-2937
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