CVE-2009-2959

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the waterfall web status view (status/web/waterfall.py) in Buildbot 0.7.6 through 0.7.11p1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-08-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2959 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.01%). EPSS rose +1.54% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2959

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 0.47% 2.01% +1.54%
2 2025-03-30 0.65% 0.47% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.65% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2959

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-2009-2959

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-2959

GHSA-jqqh-999x-w26w · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Buildbot Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2959

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2009-2959 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (buildbot), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2959
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-2959 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (buildbot), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2959

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
buildbot buildbot 0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.10p1 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.10p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buildbot buildbot 0.7.11p1 cpe:2.3:a:buildbot:buildbot:0.7.11p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2959

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