CVE-2009-4040

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ before 2.0.17 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters to the search page.

Affected products

thorsten phpMyFAQ: through 2.0.16; 0.60, 0.65, 0.70, 0.80, 0.80a, 0.85 (+108)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37354
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2009-09-01.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3241
http://secunia.com/advisories/37354
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2009-09-01.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3241

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