CVE-2009-3756

Exp

phpBMS 0.96 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) footer.php, (2) header.php, (3) the show action in advancedsearch.php, and (4) choicelist.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Published: 2009-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3756 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.67%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.07% 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-2009-3756

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9101 exploit_db edb 2009-07-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3756

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 2026-01-11 1.61% 3.67% +2.07%
2 2025-03-30 2.32% 1.61% -0.71%
3 2025-03-29 2.32%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3756

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-2009-3756

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3756

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kreotek phpbms 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:kreotek:phpbms:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3756

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