CVE-2009-1798

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the Network Management Card (NMC) on American Power Conversion (APC) Switched Rack PDU (aka Rack Mount Power Distribution) devices and other devices allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the login_username vector for Forms/login1 is already covered by CVE-2009-4406.

Published: 2009-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1798 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.15%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1798

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33405 exploit_db edb 2009-12-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1798

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 2025-09-04 0.56% 4.15% +3.60%
2 2025-03-30 0.85% 0.56% -0.29%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.85% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1798

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-2009-1798

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1798

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apc network_management_card — cpe:2.3:h:apc:network_management_card:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apc switched_rack_pdu — cpe:2.3:h:apc:switched_rack_pdu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1798

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