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CVE-2009-3731

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3731 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebWorks Help 2.0 through 5.0, impacting various VMware products including vCenter, Server, ESX, Lab Manager, and Stage Manager, as well as WebWorks Publisher and ePublisher. The vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through several specific HTML and JavaScript files, often via unspecified parameters or topic links for bookmarking functionality. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (partial integrity impact) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webworks:epublisher:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webworks:epublisher:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webworks:epublisher:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webworks:epublisher:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2008.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webworks:epublisher:2008.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2009-12/0229.html
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2009/000073.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38749
secunia.com / advisories/38842
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5944
osvdb.org / 62738
osvdb.org / 62739
osvdb.org / 62740
osvdb.org / 62741
osvdb.org / 62742
securityfocus.com / archive/1/509883/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/37346
Patch
webworks.com / Security/2009-0001
PatchVendor Advisory