CVE-2009-4559 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Submitted By module for Drupal, specifically versions 6.x before 6.x-1.3, affecting Drupal and Nanwich installations. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) allows authenticated attackers with "administer content types" privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the "submitted by" text input, potentially leading to client-side attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.x-devCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nanwich:submitted_by:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.