CVE-2009-1454

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tasks.php in WebCollab before 2.50 (aka Billy Goat) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the selection parameter in a todo action.

Published: 2009-04-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1454 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1454

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 0.47% 1.22% +0.75%
2 2025-03-30 0.40% 0.47% +0.08%
3 2025-03-29 0.40%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1454

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-2009-1454

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1454

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andrew_simpson webcollab <= 2.40 cpe:2.3:a:andrew_simpson:webcollab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andrew_simpson webcollab 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:andrew_simpson:webcollab:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andrew_simpson webcollab 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:andrew_simpson:webcollab:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andrew_simpson webcollab 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:andrew_simpson:webcollab:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1454

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