SQL Injection in Handcoders Content Module

CVE-2009-4360

SQL injection vulnerability in modules/content/index.php in the Content module 0.5 for XOOPS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2009-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Handcoders Content Module — versions 0.5
Xoops

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/xoopscontent-sql.txt (Exploit)
securityreason.com/exploitalert/7494 (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54489 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37155 (Exploit, vdb-entry)