CVE-2009-2302

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter in a search action. NOTE: it was later reported that 5.2.1 is also affected.

Published: 2009-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2302 is rated Exploit Available (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.73%). 2 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-2009-2302

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33057 exploit_db edb 2009-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2302

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 2.30% 1.73% -0.57%
2 2026-03-13 1.56% 2.30% +0.74%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.56% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2302

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-2009-2302

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2302

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
avatic aardvark_topsites_php <= 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 5 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avatic aardvark_topsites_php 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:avatic:aardvark_topsites_php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2302

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