CVE-2009-1408

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2009-1408 · Published 24/04/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1408 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting webspell (webspell).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webspell webspell	`= 4.2.0c`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as onmouseover in nested BBcode tags, as demonstrated using (1) email, (2) img, and (3) url tags.

References

osvdb.org/53782
secunia.com/advisories/34764 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/502732/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/34595 · Exploit
webspell.org/index.php · Patch
webspell.org/index.php · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49937
exploit-db.com/exploits/8453

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

webspell

= 4.2.0c

No fix yet

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