CVE-2009-4224

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in SweetRice 0.5.4, 0.5.3, and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the root_dir parameter to (1) _plugin/subscriber/inc/post.php and (2) as/lib/news_modify.php.

Published: 2009-12-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2009-4224

EPSS CVSS CWE Exploit-DB Affected

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4224 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). 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-2009-4224

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
10246	exploit_db	edb	2009-11-29	Exploit-DB ↗
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4224

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	5.46%	2.63%	-2.83%
2	2025-03-30	6.08%	5.46%	-0.62%
3	2025-03-29	—	6.08%	—

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4224

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/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:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. 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.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4224

CWE-20 MITRE ↗

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4224

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
basic-cms	sweetrice	<= 0.5.4	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice::::::::
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.2.0	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.2.0:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.2.1:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.3.0	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.3.0:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.3.1:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.4.0:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.4.1	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.4.1:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.4.2:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.4.4	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.4.4:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.5.0:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.5.1	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.5.1:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.5.2	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.5.2:::::::*
basic-cms	sweetrice	0.5.3	cpe:2.3:a:basic-cms:sweetrice:0.5.3:::::::*

References for CVE-2009-4224

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/sweetrice-rfilfi.txt	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/37522	Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10246	Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/60581
http://www.osvdb.org/60582
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54446

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