CVE-2009-2040 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Grestul 1.2, specifically within the admin/options.php file. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create administrative accounts by directly requesting a manage_admin action. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grestul:grestul:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.