CVE-2009-3303

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in www/help/tracker.php in GForge 4.5.14, 4.7 rc2, and 4.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the helpname parameter.

Published: 2009-11-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3303 is rated Low Risk (33.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 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-2009-3303

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 0.22% 0.26% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.22% -0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.26%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3303

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-2009-3303

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3303

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-3303 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gforge), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 4, DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3303

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3303

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gforge gforge 4.5.14 cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gforge gforge 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gforge gforge 4.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3303

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