CVE-2009-0331

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in gallery/comment.php in Enhanced Simple PHP Gallery (ESPG) 1.72 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter. NOTE: the vulnerability may be in my little homepage Comment script. If so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in ESPG.

Published: 2009-01-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0331 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.82%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0331

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7819 exploit_db edb 2009-01-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0331

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-21 3.47% 3.82% +0.35%
2 2026-01-29 3.21% 3.47% +0.26%
3 2025-12-31 3.21%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0331

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0331

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0331

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quirm espg 1.72 cpe:2.3:a:quirm:espg:1.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0331

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