CVE-2009-2449
Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/admin/change_config.php in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/admin/change_config.php in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the path_to_lang parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.57% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- adbnewssender/adbnewssender
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% 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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35845
- http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22Exploit
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35596Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35845
- http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22Exploit
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35596Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.