What is CVE-2009-5114?

CVE-2009-5114 is a vulnerability in Iwork Webglimpse, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2012-03-19.

Is CVE-2009-5114 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Iwork Webglimpse

CVE-2009-5114

Directory traversal vulnerability in wgarcmin.cgi in WebGlimpse 2.18.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the DOC parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2012-03-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.133 (96.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.133 · newest: 0.133 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Iwork Webglimpse — versions 1.7.6, 1.7.9, 2.0.03

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

websecurity.com.ua/2628/ (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74321 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5114?: CVE-2009-5114 is a vulnerability in Iwork Webglimpse, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2012-03-19.
Is CVE-2009-5114 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.