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CVE-2009-2444

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2444 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting ADbNewsSender versions prior to 1.5.6 and 2.0 before RC2. It allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files by manipulating the path_to_lang parameter in setup/index.php. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adbnewssender:adbnewssender:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0192 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

r00tsecurity.org / forums/index.php
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/35845
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51720
sourceforge.net / apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php
Exploit
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/35596
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1808
PatchVendor Advisory