CVE-2009-4421

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in languages_cgi.php in Simple PHP Blog 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the blog_language1 parameter.

Affected products

Alexander Palmo Simple Php Blog: through 0.5.1; 0.3.7c, 0.4.0, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.4.7, 0.4.7.1 (+1)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0398.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508546/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37434
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54970
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0398.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508546/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37434
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54970

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