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CVE-2009-5145

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5145 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in ZMI pages utilizing the manage_tabs_message function across various versions of Zope 2. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser via network access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or unauthorized actions. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. While it has received minimal community discussion, its overall risk score is low.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Zope2Fixed in: 2.12.5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: conga
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: luci

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-5r4x-qc7q-vj27medium

Zope Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ZMI pages

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2009-5145Moderate

zope: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in ZMI pages through manage_tabs_message()

Aug 7, 2017

References

cve.killedkenny.io / cve/CVE-2009-5145
Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / zope2/+bug/490514
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / zopefoundation/Zope/commit/2abdf14620f146857dc8e3ffd2b6a754884c331d
Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2009-5145
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72792/info
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry