CVE-2009-0535

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in export.php in Thyme 1.3 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the export_to parameter.

Published: 2009-02-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0535 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.90%). Core evidence: 1 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-2009-0535

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8029 exploit_db edb 2009-02-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0535

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 2026-04-03 2.27% 2.90% +0.62%
2 2026-02-11 2.04% 2.27% +0.23%
3 2026-01-01 2.04%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0535

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-2009-0535

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0535

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
extrosoft thyme 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:extrosoft:thyme:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0535

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