XSS in Drupal

CVE-2009-4516

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FAQ Ask module 5.x and 6.x before 6.x-2.0, a module for Drupal, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2009-12-31 · 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: 0.010 (62.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.4% 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

Drupal
Nanwich Faq Ask — versions 5.x-1.0, 5.x-1.1, 5.x-1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

drupal.org/node/617444 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/37201 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3088 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/36877 (vdb-entry)