CVE-2009-1593
Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall before 2.2.22, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4, does not properly implement the "negative model,"…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall before 2.2.22, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4, does not properly implement the "negative model," which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a modified end tag of a SCRIPT element.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Profense 2.2.20/2.4.2 - Web Application Firewall Security Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33002webapps, phppublished 20 May 2009Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/ES-20090500-profense.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090520 Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall 2.4 multiple vulnerabilities. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [websecurity] 20090519 [WEB SECURITY] Trustwave's SpiderLabs Security Advisory TWSL2009-001 and EnableSecurity Advisory ES-20090500 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- profense-blacklist-security-bypass(50663) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1589 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-1593)Record last updated .