What is CVE-2009-5025?

CVE-2009-5025 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pyforum, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2009-5025?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pyforum

CVE-2009-5025

A backdoor (aka BMSA-2009-07) was found in PyForum v1.0.3 where an attacker who knows a valid user email could force a password reset on behalf of that user.

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pyforum — versions v1.0.3
Pyforum Project — versions 1.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2009-5025 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/7 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/353 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5025?: CVE-2009-5025 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pyforum, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2009-5025?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.