CVE-2009-3300

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Identity Provider (IdP) 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 2.x before 2.1.5, and the Service Provider 1.3.x before 1.3.5 and 2.x before 2.3, in Internet2 Middleware Initiative Shibboleth allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via URLs that are encountered in redirections, and appear in automatically generated forms.

Published: 2009-11-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3300 is rated Low Risk (28.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3300

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 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.32% -0.17%
2 2025-03-29 0.25% 0.49% +0.24%
3 2023-03-07 0.25%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3300

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3300

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3300

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-3300 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (shibboleth-sp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3300
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-3300 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (opensaml2, shibboleth-sp, shibboleth-sp2, xmltooling), 40 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 13, not-affected 12, ignored 10, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3300

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
internet2 identity_provider 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 identity_provider 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:identity_provider:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
internet2 service_provider 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:internet2:service_provider:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3300

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