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CVE-2009-1070

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1070 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ExpressionEngine versions 1.6.4 through 1.6.6, and potentially earlier, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the avatar parameter in system/index.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires no authentication, leading to a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32871 · Mar 22, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

expressionengine.com / docs/changelog.html
secunia.com / advisories/34379
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49359
ngenuity.org / wordpress/2009/01/28/ngenuity-2009-003-expressionengine-persistent-cross-site-scripting
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502045/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34193
Exploit