Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-2163

Title: Sitecore Cms Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-2163

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jun 22, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.99%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-2163: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login/default.aspx in Sitecore CMS before 6.0.2 Update-1 090507 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sc_error parameter.

Impacted Vendors

patronet 1

sitecore 1

Reference Links

http://forum.intern0t.net/intern0t-advisories/1082-intern0t-sitecore-net-6-0-0-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35353 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504093/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504132/100/0/threaded http://forum.intern0t.net/intern0t-advisories/1082-intern0t-sitecore-net-6-0-0-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35353 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504093/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504132/100/0/threaded

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-2163 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34930

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 22, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.