CVE-2009-2302

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter in a search action. NOTE: it was later reported that 5.2.1 is also affected.

Affected products

Avatic Aardvark Topsites Php: through 5.2.0; 4.0.2, 4.1.1, 4.2.2, 5, 5.0.3, 5.1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/41985
http://websec.id3as.com/aardvark-topsites-php-521-security-vulnerabilities-disclosure/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504574/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514423/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51391
http://secunia.com/advisories/41985
http://websec.id3as.com/aardvark-topsites-php-521-security-vulnerabilities-disclosure/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504574/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514423/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51391

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