CVE-2009-4098

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in banner-edit.php in OpenX adserver 2.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with banner / file upload permissions to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an images directory.

Affected products

Openx: through 2.8.1; 2.4, 2.6.1, 2.6.3, 2.8

References

http://osvdb.org/60499
http://secunia.com/advisories/37475
http://www.openx.org/docs/2.8/release-notes/openx-2.8.2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508050/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37110
https://developer.openx.org/jira/browse/OX-5747
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54394
http://osvdb.org/60499
http://secunia.com/advisories/37475
http://www.openx.org/docs/2.8/release-notes/openx-2.8.2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508050/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37110

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