CVE-2009-4578

Facileforms - Cross-Site Scripting via Itemid Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-4578. PoCs published by Pyske.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Joomla component com_facileforms. The provided code snippet is minimal and only demonstrates the injection point for XSS payloads.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facileforms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Pyske · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10737

This is a writeup describing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Joomla component com_facileforms. The provided code snippet is minimal and only demonstrates the injection point for XSS payloads.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Joomla com_facileforms component
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Joomla instance with com_facileforms installed
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10737
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55133
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37477

Scores

EPSS 0.0147
EPSS Percentile 70.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
facileforms/facileforms
Published Jan 06, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026