CVE-2009-4513

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Workflow module 5.x before 5.x-2.4 and 6.x before 6.x-1.2, a module for Drupal, allow remote authenticated users, with "administer workflow" privileges, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of a (1) workflow or (2) workflow state.

Published: 2009-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4513 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4513

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 0.26% 1.02% +0.76%
2 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.26% +0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.21%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4513

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-2009-4513

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4513

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
john_vandyk workflow <= 5.x-2.3 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-1.0-beta1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-1.0-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-2.0 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-2.1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-2.2 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 5.x-2.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:5.x-2.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0-beta1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0-beta2 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0-rc1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0-rc3 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.0-rc4 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.0-rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_vandyk workflow 6.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:john_vandyk:workflow:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4513

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