CVE-2009-3173 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/add_album.php in The Rat CMS Alpha 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in images/

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/add_album.php in The Rat CMS Alpha 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in images/

Published Sep 11, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.47%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/add_album.php in The Rat CMS Alpha 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in images/.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.47% 0.03468

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03468

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 2, 2026	3.47% (0.03468)	88.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.47% (0.03468)	87.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jan 18, 2026	5.44% (0.05436)	89.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.97% (0.01970)	82.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.60% (0.01599)	87.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	1.60% (0.01599)	87.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 5, 2023	1.60% (0.01599)	85.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.57% (0.01572)	85.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.44% (0.07437)	92.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.44% (0.07437)	91.94th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.44% (0.07437)	80.87th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9599
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36295
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53087
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9599		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36295		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53087		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 11, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 11, 2009

Link CVE-2009-3173

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-3173

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-3173