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CVE-2009-3970

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3970 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the index.php file of PHP Dir Submit (also known as WebsiteSubmitter or Submitter Script). This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'aid' parameter within a 'showarticle' action. With a CVSS score of 6.5, it poses a medium severity risk, enabling partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-9484), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpdirsubmit:php_dir_submit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9484 · Aug 24, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 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 0.1 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52709
exploit-db.com / exploits/9484
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2401
Vendor Advisory