CVE-2009-1912

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in src/func/language.php in webSPELL 4.2.0e and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local .php files via a .. (dot dot) in a language cookie. NOTE: this can be leveraged for SQL injection by including awards.php.

Affected products

Webspell: through 4.2.0e; 4.0, 4.0.2c, 4.1, 4.01.00, 4.1.1, 4.01.01 (+4)

References

http://osvdb.org/54295
http://secunia.com/advisories/35016
http://www.osvdb.org/54296
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34862
http://www.webspell.org/
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=30
http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=130
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50395
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8622
http://osvdb.org/54295
http://secunia.com/advisories/35016
http://www.osvdb.org/54296

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