CVE-2009-4237
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TestLink before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the req parameter to login.php, and allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (2) the key parameter to lib/general/staticPage.php, (3) the tableName parameter to lib/attachments/attachmentupload.php, or the (4) startDate, (5) endDate, or (6) logLevel parameter to lib/events/eventviewer.php; (7) the search_notes_string parameter to lib/results/resultsMoreBuilds_buildReport.php; or the (8) expected_results, (9) name, (10) steps, or (11) summary parameter in a find action to lib/testcases/searchData.php, related to lib/functions/database.class.php.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- TestLink Test Management and Execution System - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting / Injection Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10364webapps, phppublished 9 Dec 2009Verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
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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 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 60915 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/testlink-multiple-injection-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 60918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 60917 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 37258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.teamst.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091209 CORE-2009-1013: Multiple XSS and Injection Vulnerabilities in TestLink Test Management and Execution System (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 60914 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 60916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2009-4206 (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-2009-4237)Record last updated .