CVE-2009-3114: ibm lotus_notes Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3114 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in ibm lotus_notes. EPSS estimates a 2.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-09-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The RSS reader widget in IBM Lotus Notes 8.0 and 8.5 saves items from an RSS feed as local HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in Internet Explorer's Local Machine Zone via a crafted feed, aka SPR RGAU7RDJ9K.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.