CVE-2009-2224

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in ang/shared/flags.php in AN Guestbook 0.7.8, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the g_lang parameter.

Published: 2009-06-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2224 is rated Exploit Available (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2224

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2224

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 0.16% 1.36% +1.20%
2 2026-01-09 0.08% 0.16% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2224

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2224

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
an_guestbook an_guestbook 0.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:an_guestbook:an_guestbook:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2224

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