CVE-2009-4497

Lxr Cross Referencer vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.2%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LXR Cross Referencer 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the i parameter to the ident program.

Affected vendor

Malcom Box

Affected product

Lxr Cross Referencer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2010-01-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-4497

Confirm whether Malcom Box Lxr Cross Referencer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-4497.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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