Directory traversal vulnerability in vote.php in Good/Bad Vote allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via dir…

published 2010-03-10 16y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4647

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in vote.php in Good/Bad Vote allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the id parameter in a dovote action. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Timeline

2009-07-17 First public exploit (EDB-9185)
2010-03-10 Published

Exploit prediction

2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-9185 good/bad vote - Cross-Site Scripting / Local File Inclusion webapps, 2009-07-17
osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/55918 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/9185
exploit
osvdb.org /55918
vdb-entry, exploit
secunia.com /advisories/35835
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-4683
NVD CVE-2009-4683

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