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CVE-2009-3701· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration interface in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde Group

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.8% of all records.
  • Fixed version: horde3 (Debian:4.0) 3.1.3-4etch7; horde3 (Debian:5.0) 3.2.2+debian0-2+lenny2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to horde3 (Debian:4.0) 3.1.3-4etch7; horde3 (Debian:5.0) 3.2.2+debian0-2+lenny2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration interface in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde Groupware before 1.2.5, and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to (1) phpshell.php, (2) cmdshell.php, or (3) sqlshell.php in admin/, related to the PHP_SELF variable.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Dec 21, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.8% · 91th percentile

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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.8%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
hordeapplication framework
hordegroupware

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • horde application frameworkup to 3.3.5 inclusive
  • horde application framework2.0
  • horde application framework2.1
  • horde application framework2.1.3
  • horde application framework2.2
  • horde application framework2.2.1
  • horde application framework2.2.3
  • horde application framework2.2.4
  • horde application framework2.2.4_rc1
  • horde application framework2.2.5
  • horde application framework2.2.6
  • horde application framework3.0
  • horde application framework3.0.1
  • horde application framework3.0.2
  • horde application framework3.0.3
  • horde application framework3.0.4
  • horde application framework3.0.6
  • horde application framework3.0.7
  • horde application framework3.0.8
  • horde application framework3.0.9

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:4.0horde3before 3.1.3-4etch73.1.3-4etch7
Debian:5.0horde3before 3.2.2+debian0-2+lenny23.2.2+debian0-2+lenny2

Same product

horde: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-1491Eval injection vulnerability in Horde Application Framework versions 3.0 before 3.0.10 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execu
    42Plan
  • CVE-2009-3236The form library in Horde Application Framework 3.2 before 3.2.5 and 3.3 before 3.3.5; Groupware 1.1 before 1.1.6 and 1.2 before 1.2.4; and
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4256index.php in Horde Application Framework before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to include web pages from other sites, which could be useful f
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2009-4363Text_Filter/lib/Horde/Text/Filter/Xss.php in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde Groupware before 1.2.5, and Horde Groupware Web
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5917Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the XSS filter (framework/Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php) in Horde Application Framework 3.2.2 and 3
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2005-0961Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Horde 3.0.4 before 3.0.4-RC2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:horde33.1.3-4etch7 · Debian:4.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×4

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2009-12-15
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2009-12-15
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2009-12-17
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2009-12-15

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-7 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayOct 16, 2026+6143 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Show all references (10 more)

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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