httpd.c in httpd in the management GUI in DD-WRT 24 sp1, and other versions before build 12533, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a request to a cgi-bin/ URI.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2765 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 89.67%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16856 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-07-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 10030 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-07-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 9209 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-07-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-25 | 88.65% | 89.67% | +1.02% |
| 2 | 2026-04-24 | 89.62% | 88.65% | -0.97% |
| 3 | 2026-03-18 | — | 89.62% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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6.5 | 10.0 | [email protected] |