CVE-2009-0853

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2009-0853 · Published 09/03/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-0853 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting celerbb (stewart howe).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 83.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
celerbb stewart_howe	`= 0.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

login.php in CelerBB 0.0.2, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via special characters in the Username parameter, as demonstrated by an admin'# parameter value.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/501481/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/34014 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/8161

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