CVE-2009-4546

Exp

globepersonnel_login.asp in Logoshows BBS 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) pb_username (aka pb%5Fusername) and (2) level cookies.

Published: 2010-01-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4546 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.52% 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-2009-4546

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9400 exploit_db edb 2009-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4546

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 1.11% 2.63% +1.52%
2 2026-01-16 1.54% 1.11% -0.43%
3 2025-03-30 1.54%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4546

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-2009-4546

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4546

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
logoshows logoshows_bbs 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:logoshows:logoshows_bbs:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4546

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