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CVE-2009-2449

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/admin/change_config.php in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the path_to_lang parameter.

Affected products

• Adbnewssender: through 1.5.5; 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1 (+22)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35845
• http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35596
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35845
• http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35596

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