CVE-2009-4665

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx in CuteSoft Components Cute Editor for ASP.NET allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Published: 2010-03-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4665 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.98%). Core evidence: 2 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-2009-4665

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8785 exploit_db edb 2009-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4665

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 2026-05-02 3.12% 2.98% -0.14%
2 2025-08-13 1.47% 3.12% +1.65%
3 2025-03-30 1.47%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4665

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4665

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-4665

GHSA-w327-wq28-3vmf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: nuget — CuteSoft CuteEditor Path Traversal vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4665

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cutesoft_components cute_editor_for_asp.net cpe:2.3:a:cutesoft_components:cute_editor_for_asp.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4665

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