CVE-2009-4559

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Submitted By module 6.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users, with "administer content types" privileges, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an input string for "submitted by" text.

Published: 2010-01-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4559 is rated Low Risk (25.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4559

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 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.16% +0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.16% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4559

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-2009-4559

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4559

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nanwich submitted_by 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nanwich submitted_by 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nanwich submitted_by 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nanwich submitted_by 6.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4559

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