CVE-2009-4363

Exp

Text_Filter/lib/Horde/Text/Filter/Xss.php in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde Groupware before 1.2.5, and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 1.2.5 does not properly handle data: URIs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via data:text/html values for the HREF attribute of an A element in an HTML e-mail message. NOTE: the vendor states that the issue is caused by "an XSS vulnerability in Firefox browsers."

Published: 2009-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4363 is rated Exploit Available (57/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). 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-2009-4363

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4363

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 0.48% 1.37% +0.89%
2 2025-03-30 0.64% 0.48% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 0.64%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4363

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4363

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4363

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4363
ubuntu low CVE-2009-4363 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horde3), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4363

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4363

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
horde application_framework <= 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.4_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware <= 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:1.2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4363

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