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CVE-2009-2081

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.

Affected products

• Phpwebthings: through 1.5.2; 0.1, 0.2, 0.2b, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4.1 (+7)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35313
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8928
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35313
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8928

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