VDB-53125 · CVE-2009-4858 · EDB 34482

Turnkeyforms Yahoo-Answers-Clone questiondetail.php questionid cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Turnkeyforms Yahoo-Answers-Clone. The affected element is an unknown function of the file questiondetail.php. This manipulation of the argument questionid causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-4858. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Turnkeyforms Yahoo-Answers-Clone (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file questiondetail.php. The manipulation of the argument questionid with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in questiondetail.php in Yahoo Answers Clone allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the questionid parameter.

The weakness was published 05/11/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4858 since 05/10/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:questiondetail.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (34482) and Secunia (SA36239†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Turnkeyforms

Name

Yahoo-Answers-Clone

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

05/10/2010 🔍
05/11/2010 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1773 days 🔍
09/09/2025 +3827 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53125
Secunia: 36239

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/09/2025 06:17
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (45), 03/15/2019 17:35 (2), 09/09/2025 06:17 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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