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CVE-2009-2787

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2787 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Reputation plugin (versions 2.2.4 and earlier) for PunBB forum software. This flaw, present when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files through a crafted 'pun_user[language]' parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with moderate attack complexity. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:reputation:reputation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:reputation:reputation:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:reputation:reputation:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9315 · Jul 30, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0417 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 / 56613
packetstormsecurity.org / 0907-exploits/punbbrep-lfi.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/36020
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52138
exploit-db.com / exploits/9315