CVE-2009-4098
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in banner-edit.php in OpenX adserver 2.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 18.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in banner-edit.php in OpenX adserver 2.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with banner / file upload permissions to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an images directory.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- OpenX banner-edit.php File Upload PHP Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/openx_banner_editRank excellentdisclosed 24 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OpenX - 'banner-edit.php' Arbitrary File Upload / PHP Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16903remote, phppublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
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- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.7% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- 20091124 Executing arbitrary PHP code on OpenX <= 2.8.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.openx.org/docs/2.8/release-notes/openx-2.8.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openx-banneredit-upload(54394) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://developer.openx.org/jira/browse/OX-5747 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 60499 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-4069 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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