Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-4429

Title: Alexander Hass Sections Module Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-4429

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Dec 28, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 3.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-4429: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Sections module 5.x before 5.x-1.3 and 6.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with "administer sections" privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a section name (aka the Name field).

Impacted Vendors

drupal 1

php-nuke 1

alexander_hass 1

Reference Links

http://drupal.org/node/661404 http://secunia.com/advisories/37752 http://www.madirish.net/?article=440 http://www.osvdb.org/61107 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37371 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54860 http://drupal.org/node/661404 http://secunia.com/advisories/37752 http://www.madirish.net/?article=440 http://www.osvdb.org/61107 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37371 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54860

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-4429 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10485

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33410

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 28, 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:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.