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high 7.5

CVE-2009-2444 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/setup/step1.php.inc in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6, and 2.0 before RC2, allows remote atta…

published 2009-07-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2439

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/setup/step1.php.inc in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6, and 2.0 before RC2, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the path_to_lang parameter to setup/index.php.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35596 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • r00tsecurity.org http://r00tsecurity.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9460 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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