CVE-2009-2233

HIGH 7.5CVE-2009-2233 · Published 26/06/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2233 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting gallery search engine (awscripts).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gallery search engine awscripts	`= 1.5`	No fix yet

Description

The admin interface in AWScripts.com Gallery Search Engine 1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the awse_logged cookie to 1.

References

secunia.com/advisories/35513 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/8994
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1649 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51276

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