CVE-2009-4237

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the req parameter to login.php, and allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (2) the key parameter to lib/general/staticPage.php, (3) the tableName parameter to lib/attachments/attachmentupload.php, or the (4) startDate, (5) endDate, or (6) logLevel parameter to lib/events/eventviewer.php; (7) the search_notes_string parameter to lib/results/resultsMoreBuilds_buildReport.php; or the (8) expected_results, (9) name, (10) steps, or (11) summary parameter in a find action to lib/testcases/searchData.php, related to lib/functions/database.class.php.

Published: 2009-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4237 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.31%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-4237

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10364 exploit_db edb 2009-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4237

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 2026-06-15 0.91% 3.31% +2.40%
2 2025-09-06 1.14% 0.91% -0.23%
3 2025-03-30 1.14%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4237

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4237

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4237

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
teamst testlink <= 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4237

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