CVE-2009-4535
Mongoose 2.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for a web page by appending a / (slash) character to the URI.
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Mongoose 2.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for a web page by appending a / (slash) character to the URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Mongoose Web Server 2.8 - Multiple Directory Traversals (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12309remote, windowspublished 20 Apr 2010Verified
- Mongoose Web Server 2.8 - Source Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9897webapps, phppublished 23 Oct 2009Verified
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Published
- 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/mongoose-web-server-v280-remote-source_22.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 36934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://freetexthost.com/0lcsrgt3vw (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2009-4501 (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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