CVE-2009-0404

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via invalid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) expressions in the style attribute, which is processed by Internet Explorer 7.

Published: 2009-02-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0404 is rated Moderate Risk (41.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0404

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 0.57% 1.29% +0.72%
2 2025-04-26 0.55% 0.57% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0404

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-2009-0404

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0404

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bioinformatics htmlawed <= 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bioinformatics htmlawed 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:bioinformatics:htmlawed:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0404

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