CVE-2009-3357

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS or com_hbssearch) component for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) h_id, (2) id, and (3) rid parameters to longDesc.php, and the h_id parameter to (4) detail.php, (5) detail1.php, (6) detail2.php, (7) detail3.php, (8) detail4.php, (9) detail5.php, (10) detail6.php, (11) detail7.php, and (12) detail8.php, different vectors than CVE-2008-5865, CVE-2008-5874, and CVE-2008-5875.

Published: 2009-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3357 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3357

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9648 exploit_db edb 2009-09-11 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3357

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 2026-01-22 0.20% 0.36% +0.15%
2 2025-12-11 0.51% 0.20% -0.30%
3 2025-03-17 0.51%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3357

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3357

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3357

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomlahbs com_hbssearch cpe:2.3:a:joomlahbs:com_hbssearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3357

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