CVE-2009-4229

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in ActiveWebSoftwares Active Bids allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the catid parameter in the PATH_INFO to the default URI or (2) the catid parameter to default.asp. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-0429.3. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2009-12-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4229 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Core evidence: 2 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-2009-4229

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10167 exploit_db edb 2009-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4229

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 2026-02-24 0.72% 0.29% -0.43%
2 2025-07-26 0.32% 0.72% +0.40%
3 2025-03-19 0.32%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4229

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-2009-4229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4229

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
activewebsoftwares active_bids cpe:2.3:a:activewebsoftwares:active_bids:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4229

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