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CVE-2009-2557

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in system/download.php in Admin News Tools 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fichier parameter.

Affected products

• Adminnewstools Admin News Tools: 2.5

References

• http://osvdb.org/55856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35842
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9153
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504949/100/0/threaded
• http://osvdb.org/55856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35842
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9153
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504949/100/0/threaded

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