CVE-2009-2395

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the K2 (com_k2) component 1.0.1 Beta and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the category parameter in an itemlist action to index.php.

Published: 2009-07-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2395 is rated Exploit Available (56.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2395

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9030 exploit_db edb 2009-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2395

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 2025-09-25 0.34% 0.14% -0.20%
2 2025-06-10 0.77% 0.34% -0.43%
3 2025-03-30 0.77%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2395

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-2009-2395

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2395

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomlaworks com_k2 <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:joomlaworks:com_k2:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2395

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