CVE-2009-1659 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploadimage.php in eLitius 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload and execute arbitrary files via an avatar file with an accepted Content-Type such as image/gif, then requesting the file in admin/banners/

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploadimage.php in eLitius 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload and execute arbitrary files via an avatar file with an accepted Content-Type such as image/gif, then requesting the file in admin/banners/

Published May 17, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.96%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploadimage.php in eLitius 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload and execute arbitrary files via an avatar file with an accepted Content-Type such as image/gif, then requesting the file in admin/banners/.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.96% 0.01964

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01964

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 (14 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.96% (0.01964)	79.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.96% (0.01964)	77.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	2.01% (0.02006)	82.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.77% (0.03765)	79.84th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.01% (0.02006)	82.49th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.43% (0.03430)	91.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 6, 2024	3.43% (0.03430)	91.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 26, 2023	2.99% (0.02994)	89.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 15, 2023	2.44% (0.02435)	88.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 4, 2023	2.01% (0.02011)	87.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.63% (0.01629)	85.51th	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 (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34813
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1248
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50305
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8603
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34813		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1248		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50305		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8603		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 17, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 17, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1659

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1659

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1659