CVE-2009-4458

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FreePBX 2.5.2 and 2.6.0rc2, and possibly other versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) tech parameter to admin/admin/config.php during a trunks display action, the (2) description parameter during an Add Zap Channel action, and (3) unspecified vectors during an Add Recordings action.

Published: 2009-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4458 is rated Exploit Available (58.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.85%). Core evidence: 5 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-2009-4458

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33443 exploit_db edb 2009-12-28 Exploit-DB ↗
33442 exploit_db edb 2009-12-28 Exploit-DB ↗
10645 exploit_db edb 2009-12-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4458

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 2.15% 1.85% -0.30%
2 2025-10-17 2.39% 2.15% -0.24%
3 2025-05-22 2.39%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4458

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-2009-4458

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4458

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freepbx freepbx 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:freepbx:freepbx:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freepbx freepbx 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:freepbx:freepbx:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4458

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