4.3

CVE-2009-4780: phpmyfaq Cross-site Scripting

Modified
Published 21-04-2010Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4780 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in phpMyFAQ before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the lang parameter in a sitemap action, (2) the search parameter in a search action, (3) the tagging_id parameter in a search action, (4) the highlight parameter in an artikel action, (5) the artlang parameter in an artikel action, (6) the letter parameter in a sitemap action, (7) the lang parameter in a show action, (8) the cat parameter in a show action, (9) the newslang parameter in a news action, (10) the artlang parameter in a send2friend action, (11) the cat parameter in a send2friend action, (12) the id parameter in a send2friend action, (13) the srclang parameter in a translate action, (14) the id parameter in a translate action, (15) the cat parameter in a translate action, (16) the cat parameter in an add action, or (17) the question parameter in an add action. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (secunia.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    phpMyFAQ < 2.5.4 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Phpmyfaq1 product
  • phpmyfaq≤ 2.5.4 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.80a | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.666 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1a | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.4a | 1.1.5 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5a | 1.2.5b | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.9:pl1 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.12 | 1.3.13 | 1.3.14 | 1.4 | 1.4:alpha1 | 1.4:alpha2 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0a | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.4a | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha1 | 1.5:alpha2 | 1.5:beta1 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5:beta3 | 1.5:rc1 | 1.5:rc2 | 1.5:rc3 | 1.5:rc4 | 1.5:rc5 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.5.9 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.6.11 | 1.6.12 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.0.15 | 2.0.16 | 2.0.17 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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