CVE-2009-1776

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FormMail.pl in Matt Wright FormMail 1.92, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via javascript: URIs in the (1) request and (2) return_link_url parameters.

Published: 2009-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1776 is rated Exploit Available (58/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1776

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8950 exploit_db edb 2009-06-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1776

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 0.22% 1.46% +1.24%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.22% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 1.21%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1776

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-2009-1776

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1776

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matt_wright formmail <= 1.92 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1776

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