CVE-2009-1625

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Thickbox Gallery 2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the ln parameter.

Published: 2009-05-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1625 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.91%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1625

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8546 exploit_db edb 2009-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1625

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 2026-05-12 3.52% 3.91% +0.39%
2 2026-03-24 2.71% 3.52% +0.81%
3 2026-01-05 — 2.71% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1625

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-2009-1625

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1625

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
davlin thickbox_gallery 2 cpe:2.3:a:davlin:thickbox_gallery:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1625

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