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medium 6.0

CVE-2009-2146 json

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Compose Email feature in the Emails module in Sugar Community Edition (aka SugarCRM) before 5…

published 2009-06-22 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2142

cvss
6.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
21.4%
EPSS 21.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Compose Email feature in the Emails module in Sugar Community Edition (aka SugarCRM) before 5.2f allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with only an extension in its name, then accessing the file via a direct request to a modified filename under cache/modules/Emails/, as demonstrated using .php as the entire original name.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8949)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

21.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8949 SugarCRM 5.2.0e - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2009-06-15
  • ush.it http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-sugarcrm_520e/adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35361 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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