Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field
Published Jan 28, 2009
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.84%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.x-1.4
- ≤ 6.x-1.0
- 4.6.x-1.x-dev
- 4.7.x-1.0
- 4.7.x-1.x-dev
- 4.7.x-2.x-dev
- 5.x-1.0
- 5.x-1.1
- 5.x-1.2
- 5.x-1.3
- 5.x-1.x-dev
- 6.x-1.0
- 6.x-1.0
- 6.x-1.x-dev
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00842) | 56.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00842) | 52.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 29.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 42.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 39.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://drupal.org/node/312944 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://drupal.org/node/312944 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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