CVE-2009-1588

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGI RESCUE MiniBBS 8t before 8.95t, 8 before 8.95, 9 before 9.08, and 10 before 10.32 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-05-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1588 is rated Low Risk (39.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 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-2009-1588

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 2025-03-30 0.43% 0.52% +0.09%
2 2025-03-29 0.52% 0.43% -0.09%
3 2025-03-17 0.52%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1588

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-2009-1588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cgi_rescue cgi_rescue_minibbs 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgi_rescue:cgi_rescue_minibbs:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgi_rescue cgi_rescue_minibbs 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgi_rescue:cgi_rescue_minibbs:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgi_rescue cgi_rescue_minibbs 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgi_rescue:cgi_rescue_minibbs:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1588

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