CVE-2009-2112

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in include/page_bottom.php in phpFK 7.03 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the _FORUM[settings_design_style] parameter.

Published: 2009-06-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2112 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.69%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.78% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2112

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8975 exploit_db edb 2009-06-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2112

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 0.91% 5.69% +4.78%
2 2025-03-30 1.32% 0.91% -0.41%
3 2025-03-29 1.32%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2112

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-2009-2112

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2112

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
frank-karau phpfk 7.03 cpe:2.3:a:frank-karau:phpfk:7.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2112

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