CVE-2009-0248

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in rankup.asp in Katy Whitton RankEm allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the siteID parameter.

Published: 2009-01-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0248 is rated Exploit Available (55.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0248

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7805 exploit_db edb 2009-01-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0248

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.13% 1.47% -1.66%
2 2026-03-14 2.46% 3.13% +0.67%
3 2026-01-22 — 2.46% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0248

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0248

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0248

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
katywhitton rankem — cpe:2.3:a:katywhitton:rankem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0248

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