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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1408 · published 24 April 2009

CVE-2009-1408: Webspell cross-site scripting vulnerability

Webspell · Webspell

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as onmouseover in nested BBcode tags, as demonstrated using (1) email, (2) img, and (3) url tags.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% · top 19.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as onmouseover in nested BBcode tags, as demonstrated using (1) email, (2) img, and (3) url tags.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/53782
http://secunia.com/advisories/34764 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502732/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34595 ExploitPatch
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=25 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=126&lang=uk PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49937
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8453
http://osvdb.org/53782
http://secunia.com/advisories/34764 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502732/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34595 ExploitPatch
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=25 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=126&lang=uk PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49937
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8453

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1408), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.