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CVE-2009-2944

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2944 describes an incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin of ikiwiki versions prior to 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through crafted TeX commands. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure, but does not impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.141592CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2944Moderate

ikiwiki: arbitrary file read via crafted TeX commands

Aug 30, 2009

References

ikiwiki.info / security
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 57575
secunia.com / advisories/36516
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36539
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52922
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1875
securityfocus.com / bid/36181
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2475
PatchVendor Advisory