CVE-2009-0643

Exp

Static code injection vulnerability in post.php in Simple PHP News 1.0 final allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into news.txt via the post parameter, and then execute the code via a direct request to display.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-02-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0643 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.80%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-0643

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7999 exploit_db edb 2009-02-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0643

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 2026-04-10 3.79% 4.80% +1.01%
2 2026-02-18 3.41% 3.79% +0.38%
3 2026-01-01 3.41%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0643

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0643

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0643

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dminnich simple_php_news 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dminnich:simple_php_news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0643

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