CVE-2009-0239: Microsoft Windows Search

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 32.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Windows Search 4.0 for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file that appears in a preview in a search result, aka "Script Execution in Windows Search Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Search: version 4.0 only

Published 2009-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.