CVE-2009-2882
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PG MatchMaking allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PG MatchMaking allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the show parameter to (1) browse_ladies.php and (2) browse_men.php, the (3) gender parameter to search.php, and the (4) id parameter to services.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- PG Matchmaking - 'browse_ladies.php?show' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33106webapps, phppublished 24 Jun 2009Verified
- PG Matchmaking - 'browse_men.php?show' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33107webapps, phppublished 24 Jun 2009Verified
- PG Matchmaking - 'search.php?show' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33108webapps, phppublished 24 Jun 2009Verified
- PG Matchmaking - 'services.php?show' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33109webapps, phppublished 24 Jun 2009Verified
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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)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (10 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
3
- 36004 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/pgmatchmaking-xss.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2009-2872 (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-2009-2882)Record last updated .