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CVE-2009-0285

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0285 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BBSXP 5.13 and earlier, specifically within the error.asp component, allowing attackers to inject malicious web scripts via the 'message' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, the CVE shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely exploited or discussed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bbsxp:bbsxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32748 · Jan 23, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48187
securityfocus.com / archive/1/500336/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/33411
Exploit