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.
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.
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| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/phpbazar-access.txt | Exploit |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37132 | Exploit |