CVE-2009-2937

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Planet 2.0 and Planet Venus allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the SRC attribute of an IMG element in a feed.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.88% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.planetplanet.org/archives/devel/2009-September/001999.html mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36636 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/09/09/Venus-Updates patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00525.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00504.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36766 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546178
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522802
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36392 vdb entry exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546179

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2937?
CVE-2009-2937 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2937?
To fix CVE-2009-2937, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2937 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2937 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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