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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-2783 · published 17 August 2009

CVE-2009-2783: Xoops cross-site scripting vulnerability

Xoops · Xoops

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.3.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) op parameter to modules/pm/viewpmsg.php and (2) query string to modules/profile/user.php.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 20.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.3.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) op parameter to modules/pm/viewpmsg.php and (2) query string to modules/profile/user.php.

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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124905075425380&w=2 Exploit
http://osvdb.org/56638
http://secunia.com/advisories/36109 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35895 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022641 Exploit
http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-09-005.pdf URL Repurposed
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/modules/pm/viewpmsg.php?r1=2621&r2=3292 Patch
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/modules/pm/viewpmsg.php?view=log#rev3292
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124905075425380&w=2 Exploit
http://osvdb.org/56638
http://secunia.com/advisories/36109 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35895 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022641 Exploit
http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-09-005.pdf URL Repurposed
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/modules/pm/viewpmsg.php?r1=2621&r2=3292 Patch
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/modules/pm/viewpmsg.php?view=log#rev3292

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-2783), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.