Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-0442

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bbcode.php in PHPbbBook 1.3 and 1.3h allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.

Affected products

Phpbbbook/Phpbbbook2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:phpbbbook:phpbbbook:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbbbook:phpbbbook:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbbbook:phpbbbook:1.3h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/33603nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/33811nvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/51737nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0317nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7980nvd

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