CVE-2009-4987

Exp

admin/header.php in Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script 2.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the cookgid cookie value to 1, a different vector than CVE-2008-3211.

Published: 2010-08-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4987 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.55%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.80% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4987

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9256 exploit_db edb 2009-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4987

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 2.76% 6.55% +3.80%
2 2025-08-18 2.28% 2.76% +0.48%
3 2025-05-04 — 2.28% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4987

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-2009-4987

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4987

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scripteen free_image_hosting_script 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:scripteen:free_image_hosting_script:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4987

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