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CVE-2009-4140 HIGH

CVE-2009-4140 exposure check for Open Flash Chart

Check whether public-facing assets expose Teethgrinder.Co.Uk Open Flash Chart signals related to CVE-2009-4140. Severity: HIGH.

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From CVE Record to External Exposure

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ofc_upload_image.php in Open Flash Chart v2 Beta 1 through v2 Lug Wyrm Charmer, as used in Piwik 0.2.35 through 0.4.3, Woopra Analytics Plugin before 1.4.3.2, and possibly other products, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension through the name parameter with the code in the HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in tmp-upload-images/.

Open Flash Chart vulnerability should be triaged by matching the affected vendor and product to live, internet-facing assets rather than treating the CVE as an abstract feed item. ThreatPort focuses on the first question that budget-constrained IT leaders and CISOs ask: what can an outside observer find today, how severe is it, and what should be fixed first?

Known Exploitation Record

Known ransomware campaign use
Not recorded
EPSS exploitation probability
75.84% (99p)
CVSS base score
7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Disclosed
2009-12-22

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and FIRST.org EPSS.

What ThreatPort Checks

Identify externally reachable services that appear related to Teethgrinder.Co.Uk Open Flash Chart.
Map detected technologies to CVE-2009-4140, severity context, and practical remediation priority.
Check TLS, DNS, headers, exposed panels, stale endpoints, and service fingerprints from a public attacker perspective.
Produce a concise scorecard first, then unlock deeper AI pentest evidence and PDF reporting when remediation planning begins.

The output is intentionally practical: ownership clues, risk context, remediation hints, and repeatable evidence that can be shared with technical teams or leadership. It is not positioned as magic compliance automation or a replacement for human security judgment.

Lean security teams rarely need another broad vulnerability list. They need to know whether an exposed endpoint, an expired certificate, a weak DNS setting, or a CVE-linked service is likely to affect the systems they actually run. ThreatPort scans from the outside in, ranks what it finds by real reachability rather than raw CVSS, and hands back evidence a team can act on the same day.

Route-Specific Evidence Profile

CVE-2009-4140 affects Teethgrinder.Co.Uk Open Flash Chart. Disclosed 2009-12-22. This page exists to answer one question: is anything you own externally reachable and running it.

Assets This Page Should Care About

Public domains Subdomains Externally reachable web apps TLS endpoints DNS records

Signals Worth Prioritizing

Forgotten subdomains
Weak DNS or email controls
Outdated services
Risky headers

What Should Be Reviewed First in This Context?

For teams running Teethgrinder.Co.Uk Open Flash Chart, the first step is to validate internet-facing assets with business relevance instead of producing a generic vulnerability list.

Forgotten subdomains
Weak DNS or email controls
Outdated services
Risky headers

Action Checklist

  1. Confirm whether Open Flash Chart is present on any public domain, subdomain, API, or admin surface.
  2. Prioritize HIGH exposure only when the affected service is reachable or business-critical.
  3. Patch, disable, isolate, or put compensating controls in front of the affected service.
  4. Re-scan after remediation to capture before-and-after evidence for technical teams or leadership.

Context-Aware Next Fixes

  1. Verify ownership of exposed assets
  2. Close unnecessary public services
  3. Remediate the highest-confidence exposed findings first, then re-scan to prove closure.

Useful evidence for this context usually maps to ISO 27001, SOC 2, vendor security reviews. ThreatPort keeps the language cautious: this is operational security evidence, not a legal certification or a guarantee that every auditor will accept a generated report without review.