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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-3422

login.php in Zenas PaoLiber 1.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the login_ok parameter to 1.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.57%

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 2.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

login.php in Zenas PaoLiber 1.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the login_ok parameter to 1.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.57% probability · 85th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 July 2009
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
zenas/paoliber
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.57%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.6% 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.

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-9294source ↗PaoLiber 1.1 - 'login_ok' Authentication Bypassphp · SirGodwebapps28 July 2009yes

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