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CVE-2009-2889

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in PHP Scripts Now Hangman allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the letters parameter.

Affected products

• Phpscriptsnow Hangman: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/tophangman-sqlxss.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35888
• http://www.osvdb.org/56074
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51883
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/tophangman-sqlxss.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35888
• http://www.osvdb.org/56074
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51883

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