CVE-2009-0517

Exp

Eval injection vulnerability in index.php in phpSlash 0.8.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the fields parameter, which is supplied to an eval function call within the generic function in include/class/tz_env.class. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-02-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0517 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 45.27%, 99th percentile). 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-2009-0517

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7948 exploit_db edb 2009-02-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0517

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 2026-06-15 69.23% 45.27% -23.96%
2 2026-04-03 61.62% 69.23% +7.61%
3 2025-08-30 61.62%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0517

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0517

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0517

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpslash phpslash cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash <= 0.8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.5.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 0.61 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpslash phpslash 065 cpe:2.3:a:phpslash:phpslash:065:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0517

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