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CVE-2009-2820

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2820 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTTP response splitting vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS before version 1.4.2, affecting Apple Mac OS X and other platforms. This medium-complexity vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 4.3, allows remote attackers to inject malicious scripts or manipulate HTTP responses through crafted HTTP headers, HTML templates, or print job titles. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-10001) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-10001 · Nov 11, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0578 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2820Moderate

cups: Several XSS flaws in forms processed by CUPS web interface

Nov 9, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37308
secunia.com / advisories/37360
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9153
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3937
PatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / articles.php
cups.org / documentation.php/relnotes.html
cups.org / str.php
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html
securityfocus.com / bid/36956
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3184