CVE-2009-2546

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar, which leaks the existence of the file in an error message. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Anelectron Advanced Electron Forum: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6 (+2)

References

http://osvdb.org/55926
http://secunia.com/advisories/35646
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51776
http://osvdb.org/55926
http://secunia.com/advisories/35646
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51776

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