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CVE-2009-2081

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—Exploit
Severity4.3Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.52 %higher than 85% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.

CVSS

Base score
4.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.52 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
85
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Phpwebthings — Phpwebthings

CWEs

References

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