THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-2787
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-2787

Punbb vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in include/reputation/rep_profile.php in the Reputation plugin 2.2.4, 2.2.3, 2.0.4, and earlier for PunBB, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pun_user[language] parameter.
Affected vendor
Punbb
Affected product
Punbb
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-08-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium 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 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-2787

  • Confirm whether Punbb Punbb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-2787.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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