CVE-2009-4866

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Published May 10, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.cgi in Matt's Script Archive (MSA) Simple Search 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the terms parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:simple_search:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4829	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.cgi in Matt's Script Archive (MSA) Simple Search 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the terms parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.097% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/56798
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0908-exploits/simplesearch-xss.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/36178
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52311

History

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Subscriptions

Matt Wright Simple Search

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 10, 2010, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:17 AM
Reserved: May 10, 2010, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:14 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 11, 2010, 12:02 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:14 PM

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