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CVE-2009-2947

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2947 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Xapian Omega versions prior to 1.0.16. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified CGI parameters, which are sometimes improperly included in exception messages. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but not impact system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xapian:omega:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xapian:omega:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xapian:omega:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xapian:omega:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xapian:omega:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

lists.xapian.org / pipermail/xapian-discuss/2009-September/007115.html
secunia.com / advisories/36674
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36693
Vendor Advisory
svn.xapian.org / %2Acheckout%2A/tags/1.0.16/xapian-applications/omega/NEWS
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1882
securityfocus.com / bid/36317