CVE-2009-2557

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in system/download.php in Admin News Tools 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fichier parameter.

Published: 2009-07-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2557 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.78%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.07% 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-2009-2557

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9153 exploit_db edb 2009-07-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2557

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 1.71% 6.78% +5.07%
2 2025-03-30 3.23% 1.71% -1.51%
3 2025-03-29 3.23%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2557

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2557

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2557

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adminnewstools admin_news_tools 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:adminnewstools:admin_news_tools:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2557

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