CVE-2009-2783

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.3.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) op parameter to modules/pm/viewpmsg.php and (2) query string to modules/profile/user.php.

Published: 2009-08-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2783 is rated Exploit Available (54.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2783

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33131 exploit_db edb 2009-06-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2783

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 7.27% 1.94% -5.34%
2 2025-03-30 4.26% 7.27% +3.01%
3 2025-03-29 4.26%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2783

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-2009-2783

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2783

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xoops xoops 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2783

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