CVE-2009-4512

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Oscailt 3.3, when Use Friendly URL's is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the obj_id parameter.

Affected products

Indymedia Oscailt: 3.3

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/oscailt33-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/37180
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/7422
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54023
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/oscailt33-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/37180
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/7422
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54023

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