Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS or com_hbssearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the adult parameter in a showhoteldetails action to index.php.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3368 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.78%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9648 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-09-11 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 1.60% | 2.78% | +1.18% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.68% | 1.60% | -0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.68% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| joomlahbs | com_hbssearch | — | cpe:2.3:a:joomlahbs:com_hbssearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |