CVE-2009-5076

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

CRE Loaded before 6.2.14, and possibly other versions before 6.3.x, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges via a request with (1) login.php or (2) password_forgotten.php appended as the PATH_INFO, which bypasses a check that uses PHP_SELF, which is not properly handled by (a) includes/application_top.php and (b) admin/includes/application_top.php, as exploited in the wild in 2009.

Affected products

Creloaded Cre Loaded: through 6.2; 6.3, 6.15

References

http://hosting-4-creloaded.com/node/116
https://www.creloaded.com/fdm_file_detail.php?file_id=191
http://hosting-4-creloaded.com/node/116
https://www.creloaded.com/fdm_file_detail.php?file_id=191

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