CVE-2009-2401

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPEcho CMS 2.0-rc3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a forum post.

Published: 2009-07-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2401 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.27%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.25% 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-2009-2401

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9014 exploit_db edb 2009-06-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2401

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 2026-01-09 1.02% 2.27% +1.25%
2 2025-03-30 0.81% 1.02% +0.20%
3 2025-03-29 0.81%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2401

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-2009-2401

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2401

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpecho_cms phpecho_cms 2.0-rc3 cpe:2.3:a:phpecho_cms:phpecho_cms:2.0-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2401

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