CVE-2009-4974

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in box_display.php in TotalCalendar 2.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the box parameter.

Published: 2010-07-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4974 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.04%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.13% 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-2009-4974

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9524 exploit_db edb 2009-08-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4974

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 2026-01-17 0.91% 2.04% +1.13%
2 2025-04-05 0.98% 0.91% -0.07%
3 2025-03-17 0.98%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4974

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-2009-4974

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4974

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sweetphp totalcalendar 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sweetphp:totalcalendar:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4974

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