CVE-2009-4222

Exp

phpBazar 2.1.1fix and earlier does not require administrative authentication for admin/admin.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the admin control panel via a direct request.

Published: 2009-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4222 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.39%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-4222

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10233 exploit_db edb 2009-11-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4222

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 2025-12-29 1.50% 1.39% -0.11%
2 2025-03-30 2.16% 1.50% -0.66%
3 2025-03-29 2.16%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4222

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-2009-4222

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4222

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
smartisoft phpbazar <= 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:smartisoft:phpbazar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smartisoft phpbazar 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:smartisoft:phpbazar:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smartisoft phpbazar 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:smartisoft:phpbazar:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smartisoft phpbazar 2.1.1fix cpe:2.3:a:smartisoft:phpbazar:2.1.1fix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4222

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