CVE-2009-4576

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the BeeHeard (com_beeheard) component 1.x for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the category_id parameter in a suggestions action to index.php.

Published: 2010-01-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4576 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Core evidence: 4 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-2009-4576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10734 exploit_db edb 2009-12-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4576

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 2026-03-25 1.14% 0.46% -0.68%
2 2025-03-17 0.28% 1.14% +0.86%
3 2024-12-13 0.28%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cmstactics com_beeheard 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:cmstactics:com_beeheard:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4576

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