Path Traversal in Kevin Walker PHP Photo Album

CVE-2009-0423

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Php Photo Album (PHPPA) 0.8 BETA allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the preview parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.061 (93.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2009-0423: held from 0.061 to 0.061.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0423?
CVE-2009-0423 is a vulnerability in Kevin Walker PHP Photo Album, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2009-02-05.
Is CVE-2009-0423 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.