CVE-2009-4238

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the Test Case ID field to lib/general/navBar.php or (2) the logLevel parameter to lib/events/eventviewer.php.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4238 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). 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-2009-4238

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-2009-4238

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 2026-02-26 0.97% 0.39% -0.58%
2 2025-03-30 0.89% 0.97% +0.08%
3 2025-03-29 0.89%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
teamst testlink 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:teamst:testlink:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4238

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