CVE-2009-2765

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-08-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2765

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 ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2765

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2765

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
6.5 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2765

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2765

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dd-wrt dd-wrt <= 24 cpe:2.3:a:dd-wrt:dd-wrt:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2765

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