Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS or com_hbssearch) component for Joomla!

published 2009-09-24 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3350

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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS or com_hbssearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the adult parameter in a showhoteldetails action to index.php.

Timeline

2009-09-11 First public exploit (EDB-9648)
2009-09-24 Published

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-9648 Joomla! Component Hotel Booking System - Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injection webapps, 2009-09-11
e-rdc.org http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=142 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

exploit-db.com /exploits/9648
exploit
e-rdc.org /v1/news.php?readmore=142
exploit
secunia.com /advisories/33215
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/36380
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /archive/1/506444/100/0/threaded
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-3368
NVD CVE-2009-3368

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Summary