CVE-2009-0459

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in admin/login_submit.php in Whole Hog Password Protect: Enhanced 1.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the uid parameter (aka Username field) or (2) the pwd parameter (aka Password field). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-02-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0459 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 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-2009-0459

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7940 exploit_db edb 2009-02-02 Exploit-DB ↗
7941 exploit_db edb 2009-02-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0459

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 2026-03-29 0.17% 0.35% +0.18%
2 2025-04-25 0.43% 0.17% -0.26%
3 2025-03-25 0.43%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wholehogsoftware password_protect 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wholehogsoftware:password_protect:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0459

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