CVE-2009-4590

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in base_local_rules.php in Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE) before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2010-01-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4590 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4590

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 0.36% 1.09% +0.73%
2 2025-03-17 0.25% 0.36% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 0.25%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4590

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-2009-4590

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4590

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-4590 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acidbase), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
secureideas base <= 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secureideas base 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:base:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4590

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