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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-2890 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in results.php in PHP Scripts Now Riddles allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script o…

published 2009-08-20 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2880

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in results.php in PHP Scripts Now Riddles allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchquery parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34902)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34902 PHP Scripts Now Riddles - '/riddles/results.php?searchQuery' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-08-20
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/riddledepot-sqlxss.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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