CVE-2009-3745

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help pages in IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise Edition 5.5.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.29%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 69
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

IBM — Rational Appscan

CWEs

CWE-79

References

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