CVE-2009-0359

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Samizdat before 0.6.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) message title or (2) user full name.

Published: 2009-02-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0359 is rated Low Risk (35.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0359

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 0.34% 1.02% +0.68%
2 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.34% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 0.36%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0359

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0359

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0359

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2009-0359 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samizdat), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0359
ubuntu low CVE-2009-0359 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samizdat), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0359

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0359

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nongnu samizdat <= 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:samizdat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0359

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