CVE-2009-3543

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in _phenotype/admin/login.php in Phenotype CMS before 2.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user parameter (aka the login name).

Published: 2009-10-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3543 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.83% 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-2009-3543

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9107 exploit_db edb 2009-07-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3543

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 2026-06-15 0.17% 2.00% +1.83%
2 2025-12-19 0.43% 0.17% -0.26%
3 2025-03-30 0.43%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3543

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3543

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3543

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms <= 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phenotype-cms phenotype_cms 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3543

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