CVE-2009-2444

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/setup/step1.php.inc in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6, and 2.0 before RC2, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the path_to_lang parameter to setup/index.php.

Published: 2009-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2009-2444 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-2444

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2444

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 0.78% 1.92% +1.13%
2 2026-03-28 0.90% 0.78% -0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.90% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2444

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-2009-2444

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2444

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adbnewssender adbnewssender <= 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
adbnewssender adbnewssender 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2444

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