CVE-2009-2923

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in BitmixSoft PHP-Lance 1.52 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) language parameter to show.php and (2) in parameter to advanced_search.php.

Published: 2009-08-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2923 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.38%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2923

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9444 exploit_db edb 2009-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2923

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 2026-05-06 4.96% 4.38% -0.59%
2 2026-01-16 4.13% 4.96% +0.84%
3 2025-05-10 4.13%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2923

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-2009-2923

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2923

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bitmixsoft php-lance 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:bitmixsoft:php-lance:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2923

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