CVE-2009-4156

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in modules/pms/index.php in Ciamos CMS 0.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the module_path parameter.

Published: 2009-12-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4156 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.79%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% 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-2009-4156

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10259 exploit_db edb 2009-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4156

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 2026-04-15 0.69% 1.79% +1.10%
2 2026-04-14 0.61% 0.69% +0.08%
3 2025-11-18 0.61%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4156

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-2009-4156

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4156

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ciamos ciamos_cms <= 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ciamos:ciamos_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ciamos ciamos_cms 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:ciamos:ciamos_cms:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ciamos ciamos_cms 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:ciamos:ciamos_cms:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4156

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