CVE-2009-1222

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2009-1222 · Published 02/04/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1222 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting webedition (webedition).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 81.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webedition webedition	`= 6.0.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in webEdition 6.0.0.4 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the WE_LANGUAGE parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/34518 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/502315/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/34323 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49530
exploit-db.com/exploits/8328

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