CVE-2009-2937 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Planet 2.0 and Planet Venus allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the SRC attribute of an IMG element in a feed.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.5% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| intertwingly | planet |
| intertwingly | planet venus |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Planet 2.0 - HTML Injection | 2009-09-11 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546178
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546179
- http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/09/09/Venus-Updates
- http://lists.planetplanet.org/archives/devel/2009-September/001999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36766
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36392
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522802
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00504.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00525.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546178
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546179
- http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/09/09/Venus-Updates
- http://lists.planetplanet.org/archives/devel/2009-September/001999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36766
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36392
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522802
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00504.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00525.html
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