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CVE-2009-0541

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Magento 1.2.0 and 1.2.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the username field in an admin/ request to index.php, possibly related to the login[username] parameter and the app/code/core/Mage/Admin/Model/Session.php login function; (2) the email address field in an admin/index/forgotpassword/ request to index.php, possibly related to the email parameter and the app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/IndexController.php forgotpasswordAction function; or (3) the return parameter to the default URI under downloader/.

Affected products

• Magentocommerc Magento: 1.2.0, 1.2.1.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-02/0257.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34000
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021746
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33872
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48876
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48877
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48878
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-02/0257.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34000
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021746
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33872
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48876

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