CVE-2009-4725 — Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/aljazeera/admin/setup.php in Arab Portal 2.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .

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Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/aljazeera/admin/setup.php in Arab Portal 2.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .

Published Mar 18, 2010

5.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.97%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/aljazeera/admin/setup.php in Arab Portal 2.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.97% 0.01970

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

EPSS probability 0.01970

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	1.97% (0.01970)	79.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.97% (0.01970)	77.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jan 16, 2026	1.97% (0.01971)	83.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.95% (0.00951)	74.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	5.87% (0.05869)	93.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	2.36% (0.02360)	90.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 4, 2024	1.40% (0.01399)	86.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.40% (0.01399)	84.32th	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-22

Path Traversal

References (3)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9347
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35921
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2133
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9347		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35921		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2133		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 18, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 18, 2010

Link CVE-2009-4725

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-4725

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-4725