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CVE-2009-1575

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1575 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.17 and 6.x before 6.11, including vbDrupal. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML by crafting UTF-8 byte sequences before the Content-Type meta tag, which Internet Explorer 6 and 7 interpret as UTF-7. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1575Moderate

drupal: multiple vulnerabilities in < 6.11 (SA-CORE-2009-005)

Apr 30, 2009

References

drupal.org / node/449078
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34948
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34950
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34980
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50250
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00108.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00133.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1792
osvdb.org / 54152
Patch
vbdrupal.org / forum/showthread.php
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1216
PatchVendor Advisory