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CVE-2009-2177

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2177 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in fuzzylime CMS versions 3.03a and earlier, specifically in the code/display.php component. When magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, remote attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 's' parameter with a "....//" sequence, which collapses to "../", allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and there is some community discussion, though no widespread active exploitation is indicated.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.03aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_cms:3.03a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8978 · Jun 17, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 55184
secunia.com / advisories/35489
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51206
exploit-db.com / exploits/8978
securityfocus.com / bid/35418
Exploit