CVE-2009-0294 — Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in WB News 2.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the config[installdir] parameter to (1) search.php, (2) archive.php, (3) comments.php, and (4) news.php; (5) News.php, (6) SendFriend.php, (7) Archive.php, and (8) Comments.php in base/; and possibly other components, different vectors than CVE-2007-1288

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Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in WB News 2.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the config[installdir] parameter to (1) search.php, (2) archive.php, (3) comments.php, and (4) news.php; (5) News.php, (6) SendFriend.php, (7) Archive.php, and (8) Comments.php in base/; and possibly other components, different vectors than CVE-2007-1288

Published Jan 27, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.82%

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in WB News 2.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the config[installdir] parameter to (1) search.php, (2) archive.php, (3) comments.php, and (4) news.php; (5) News.php, (6) SendFriend.php, (7) Archive.php, and (8) Comments.php in base/; and possibly other components, different vectors than CVE-2007-1288.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.82% 0.01818

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01818

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.82% (0.01818)	77.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.82% (0.01818)	75.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.52% (0.00517)	64.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.96% (0.01958)	89.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 7, 2023	2.25% (0.02252)	88.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 28, 2023	1.51% (0.01508)	85.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 16, 2023	1.15% (0.01149)	82.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.71% (0.00710)	77.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33691
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500398/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33434
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33691		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500398/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33434		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 27, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 27, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0294

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0294

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-0294