CVE-2009-4535
Mongoose 2.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for a web page by appending a / (slash) character to the URI.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Mongoose 2.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for a web page by appending a / (slash) character to the URI.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.68% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 October 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- valenok/mongoose
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
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
- http://freetexthost.com/0lcsrgt3vwExploit, URL Repurposed
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/mongoose-web-server-v280-remote-source_22.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36934Vendor Advisory
- http://freetexthost.com/0lcsrgt3vwExploit, URL Repurposed
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/mongoose-web-server-v280-remote-source_22.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36934Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.