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CVE-2009-0442

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bbcode.php in PHPbbBook 1.3 and 1.3h allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.

Affected products

• Phpbbbook: 1.3, 1.3h

References

• http://osvdb.org/51737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33811
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33603
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0317
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7980
• http://osvdb.org/51737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33811
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33603
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0317
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7980

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