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CVE-2009-2079

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2079 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Taxonomy manager module for Drupal, affecting versions 5.x before 5.x-1.2 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with specific administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through vocabulary names, synonyms, and term names. The severity is moderate, with a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a network-based attack requiring medium complexity and authenticated access, leading to a potential impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:taxonomy_manager:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:taxonomy_manager:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:taxonomy_manager:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0-beta1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:taxonomy_manager:6.x-1.0-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0-beta2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:taxonomy_manager:6.x-1.0-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 1,637 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 0.1 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

drupal.org / node/487602
Patch
drupal.org / node/487620
Patch
drupal.org / node/487818
PatchVendor Advisory
lampsecurity.org / drupal-6-taxonomy-manager-xss-vulnerability
ExploitURL Repurposed
secunia.com / advisories/35391
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35286