Directory traversal vulnerability in image.php in Clear Content 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in t…

Published 17 y ago 2009-10-02 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

4.8%

percentile 92%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in image.php in Clear Content 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter. NOTE: the researcher also suggests an analogous PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability, but this may be incorrect.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-9089 ClearContent - '/image.php?url' Local/Remote File Inclusion · webapps · 2009-07-09

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

packetstormsecurity.org /0907-exploits/clearcontent-rfilfi.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/35726 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/51629 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/9089 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
osvdb.org /55742 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2009-3535
NVD: CVE-2009-3535

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.