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CVE-2009-4780

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in phpMyFAQ before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the lang parameter in a sitemap action, (2) the search parameter in a search action, (3) the tagging_id parameter in a search action, (4) the highlight parameter in an artikel action, (5) the artlang parameter in an artikel action, (6) the letter parameter in a sitemap action, (7) the lang parameter in a show action, (8) the cat parameter in a show action, (9) the newslang parameter in a news action, (10) the artlang parameter in a send2friend action, (11) the cat parameter in a send2friend action, (12) the id parameter in a send2friend action, (13) the srclang parameter in a translate action, (14) the id parameter in a translate action, (15) the cat parameter in a translate action, (16) the cat parameter in an add action, or (17) the question parameter in an add action. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-4780 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from phpmyfaq organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-04-21T14:30:00.723

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	≤ 2.5.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.60	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.65	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.70	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.80	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.80a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.85	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.86	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.87	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.90	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.95	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	0.666	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.0.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.0.1a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.4a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.5a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.2.5b	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.6	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.7	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.8	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.10	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.11	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.12	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.13	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.3.14	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.0a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.6	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.7	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.8	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.10	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4.11	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.4a	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.6	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.7	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.8	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.5.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.6	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.7	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.8	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.10	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.11	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	1.6.12	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.3	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.4	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.5	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.6	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.7	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.8	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.9	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.10	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.11	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.12	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.13	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.14	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.15	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.16	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.0.17	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.5.0	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.5.1	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.5.2	Yes
Application	phpmyfaq	phpmyfaq	2.5.3	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37520 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37180 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37520 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37180 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For phpmyfaq's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.