CVE-2009-4050

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in get_file.php in phpMyBackupPro 2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the view parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4050 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.61%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.36% 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-2009-4050

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10169 exploit_db edb 2009-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4050

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 1.25% 7.61% +6.36%
2 2026-04-21 2.42% 1.25% -1.17%
3 2026-03-15 2.42%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4050

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-2009-4050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4050

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmybackuppro phpmybackuppro 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmybackuppro:phpmybackuppro:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4050

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