CVE-2009-1593

Exp

Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall before 2.2.22, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4, does not properly implement the "negative model," which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a modified end tag of a SCRIPT element.

Published: 2009-05-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1593 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 1 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-2009-1593

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33002 exploit_db edb 2009-05-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1593

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 2026-05-21 0.24% 0.27% +0.03%
2 2023-08-24 0.30% 0.24% -0.06%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1593

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-2009-1593

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1593

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
armorlogic profense_web_application_firewall <= 2.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:armorlogic:profense_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
armorlogic profense_web_application_firewall 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:armorlogic:profense_web_application_firewall:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1593

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