MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-3535

Clear Content vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in image.php in Clear Content 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter. NOTE: the researcher also suggests an analogous PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability, but this may be incorrect.
Affected vendor
Allisclear
Affected product
Clear Content
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-10-02

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.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-3535

  • Confirm whether Allisclear Clear Content is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-3535.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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