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CVE-2009-2229

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2229 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Kasseler CMS 1.3.5 lite, specifically within the engine.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the 'file' parameter during a download action. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) and an EPSS score indicating low exploitability, the attack is low complexity but could lead to sensitive information disclosure. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kasseler-cms:kasseler_cms:1.3.5:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8997 · Jun 22, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0353 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

secunia.com / advisories/35523
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/8997
kasseler-cms.net / engine.php
Patch
kasseler-cms.net / forum/showtopic/1929/2.html
securityfocus.com / bid/35457
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1652
Vendor Advisory