CVE-2009-3181

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Directory traversal vulnerability in Anantasoft Gazelle CMS 1.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the customizetemplate parameter in a direct request to admin/settemplate.php.

Published: 2009-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3181 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.08% 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-2009-3181

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9425 exploit_db edb 2009-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3181

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 2026-01-16 0.86% 1.94% +1.08%
2 2025-03-30 1.23% 0.86% -0.37%
3 2025-03-29 1.23%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3181

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3181

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3181

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
anantasoft gazelle_cms 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:anantasoft:gazelle_cms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3181

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