Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViArt Helpdesk 3.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category_id parameter to (1) products.php, (2) article.php, (3) product_details.php, or (4) reviews.php; the (5) forum_id parameter to forum.php; or the (6) search_category_id parameter to products_search.php.
CVE-2009-4548
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 80.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 4, 2010
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56877
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56878
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56879
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56880
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56881
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/56882
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.org/0908-exploits/viarthd-xss.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/36240
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52349
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56877
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56878
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56879
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56880
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56881
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/56882
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (6 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-34495✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'article.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-34498✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'forum.php?forum_id' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-34494✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'products.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-34499✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'products_search.php?search_category_id' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-34496✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'product_details.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-34497✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2009
ViArt Helpdesk - 'reviews.php?category_id' Cross-Site Scripting
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