CVE-2009-0705

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.4, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter.

Published: 2009-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2009-0705 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.96%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-0705

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7641 exploit_db edb 2009-01-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0705

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 0.51% 0.96% +0.45%
2 2026-04-15 0.36% 0.51% +0.16%
3 2025-12-30 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0705

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0705

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0705

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
powerscripts powernews 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:powerscripts:powernews:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0705

cvelogic Threat Intelligence