CVE-2009-1912

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in src/func/language.php in webSPELL 4.2.0e and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local .php files via a .. (dot dot) in a language cookie. NOTE: this can be leveraged for SQL injection by including awards.php.

Published: 2009-06-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1912 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). 2 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-2009-1912

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8622 exploit_db edb 2009-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1912

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 2025-08-21 2.42% 0.98% -1.44%
2 2025-03-30 2.74% 2.42% -0.32%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.74% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1912

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-2009-1912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webspell webspell <= 4.2.0e cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.0.2c cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.0.2c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.01.00 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.01.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.01.01 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.01.02 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.01.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.2.0c cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.2.0d cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.2.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1912

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