CVE-2009-0596
Directory traversal vulnerability in skysilver/login.tpl.php in phpSkelSite 1.4, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the TplSuffix parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in skysilver/login.tpl.php in phpSkelSite 1.4, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the TplSuffix parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 January 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- phpskelsite/phpskelsite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.