CVE-2009-2781

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in forum.php in Arab Portal 2.x, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the qc parameter in an addcomment action, a different vector than CVE-2006-1666.

Published: 2009-08-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2781 is rated Exploit Available (54.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2781

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9320 exploit_db edb 2009-08-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2781

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 2026-01-15 0.12% 0.22% +0.10%
2 2025-11-03 0.25% 0.12% -0.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2781

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2781

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2781

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
arabportal arab_portal 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:arabportal:arab_portal:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arabportal arab_portal 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:arabportal:arab_portal:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arabportal arab_portal 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:arabportal:arab_portal:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2781

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