CVE-2009-1408 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved by leveraging JavaScript events within nested BBcode tags, specifically demonstrated with email, img, and url tags. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-8453) confirms the existence of exploit code for cookie stealing, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.0cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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