CVE-2009-4548
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViArt Helpdesk 3.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViArt Helpdesk 3.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category_id parameter to (1) products.php, (2) article.php, (3) product_details.php, or (4) reviews.php; the (5) forum_id parameter to forum.php; or the (6) search_category_id parameter to products_search.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 6 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB6 entries
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'products.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34494webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 2009Verified
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'article.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34495webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 2009Verified
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'product_details.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34496webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 2009Verified
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'reviews.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34497webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 2009Verified
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'forum.php?forum_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34498webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 2009Verified
- ViArt Helpdesk - 'products_search.php?search_category_id' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34499webapps, phppublished 10 Aug 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)
- 2.3% · top 17% 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
References9
- 36240 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- helpdesk-categoryid-xss(52349) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 56882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 56879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 56880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 56878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 56877 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0908-exploits/viarthd-xss.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 56881 (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-2009-4514 (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-2009-4548)Record last updated .