CVE-2009-2890 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in results.php in PHP Scripts Now Riddles allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchquery parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.06% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpscriptsnow | riddles |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP Scripts Now Riddles - '/riddles/results.php?searchQuery' Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-08-20 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/riddledepot-sqlxss.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35932
- http://www.osvdb.org/56124
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51874
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/riddledepot-sqlxss.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35932
- http://www.osvdb.org/56124
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51874
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