CVE-2009-0966

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in cross.php in YABSoft Mega File Hosting 1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the url parameter. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via .. (dot dot) sequences.

Published: 2009-03-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0966 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.21%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.38% 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-2009-0966

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8230 exploit_db edb 2009-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0966

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 2026-05-09 3.83% 5.21% +1.38%
2 2026-03-19 2.28% 3.83% +1.55%
3 2026-01-02 2.28%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0966

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-2009-0966

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0966

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yabsoft mega_file_hosting_script 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:yabsoft:mega_file_hosting_script:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0966

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