Directory traversal vulnerability in src/func/language.php in webSPELL 4.2.0e and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute…

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in src/func/language.php in webSPELL 4.2.0e and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local .php files via a .. (dot dot) in a language cookie. NOTE: this can be leveraged for SQL injection by including awards.php.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• webspell-awards-sql-injection(50395) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 54295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 35016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 54296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.webspell.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 8622 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1912](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1912.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1912)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:27 UTC.