CVE-2009-2081

N/A

Published: June 16, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPhpwebthings

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Phpwebthings · Phpwebthings

95%

v ≤ 1.5.20.1 0.2 0.2b 0.3 0.4 0.4.1 0.4.2 0.6.0 1.0 1.1a 1.4 1.5.0 1.5.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35313

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8928

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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