HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1780

Php Recommend vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
admin.php in Frax.dk Php Recommend 1.3 and earlier does not require authentication when the user password is changed, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges via modified form_admin_user and form_admin_pass parameters.
Affected vendor
Frax
Affected product
Php Recommend
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published
2009-05-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-1780

  • Confirm whether Frax Php Recommend is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-1780.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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