What is CVE-2009-2890?

CVE-2009-2890 is a vulnerability in Phpscriptsnow Riddles, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2009-08-20.

Is CVE-2009-2890 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Phpscriptsnow Riddles

CVE-2009-2890

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in results.php in PHP Scripts Now Riddles allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchquery parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2009-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Phpscriptsnow Riddles

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/riddledepot-sqlxss.txt (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51874 (vdb-entry)
www.osvdb.org/56124 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/35932 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-2890?: CVE-2009-2890 is a vulnerability in Phpscriptsnow Riddles, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2009-08-20.
Is CVE-2009-2890 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.