6.8

CVE-2009-0037: curl Cross-Site Request Forgery

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2009:0341DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0037DSA-1738-1
Published 05-03-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0037 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in curl. EPSS estimates a 9.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 03-03-2009)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.05%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10303-1

Timeline

  1. 05-03-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

9.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 9.05% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    cURL/libcURL 7.19.3 - HTTP 'Location:' Redirect Security Bypass

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • curl< 0:7.8-3.rhel2 | < 0:7.10.6-9.rhel3 | < 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1 | < 0:7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4
  • curl-debuginfo< 0:7.10.6-9.rhel3 | < 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1 | < 0:7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4
  • curl-devel< 0:7.8-3.rhel2 | < 0:7.10.6-9.rhel3 | < 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1 | < 0:7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4
Curl2 products
  • curl5.11 | 6.0 | 6.1beta | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5.1 | 6.5.2 | 7.1 | 7.1.1 | 7.2 | 7.2.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4.1 | 7.4.2 | 7.5 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.2 | 7.6 | 7.6.1 | 7.7 | 7.7.1 | 7.7.2 | 7.7.3 | 7.8 | 7.8.1 | 7.8.2 | 7.9 | 7.9.1 | 7.9.2 | 7.9.3 | 7.9.4 | 7.9.5 | 7.9.6 | 7.9.7 | 7.9.8 | 7.10 | 7.10.1 | 7.10.2 | 7.10.3 | 7.10.4 | 7.10.5 | 7.10.6 | 7.10.7 | 7.10.8 | 7.11.1 | 7.12 | 7.12.1 | 7.12.2 | 7.13 | 7.13.2 | 7.14 | 7.14.1 | 7.15 | 7.15.1 | 7.15.3 | 7.16.3 | 7.16.4 | 7.17 | 7.18 | 7.19.3
  • libcurl5.11 | 7.12 | 7.12.1 | 7.12.2 | 7.12.3 | 7.13 | 7.13.1 | 7.13.2 | 7.14 | 7.14.1 | 7.15 | 7.15.1 | 7.15.2 | 7.15.3 | 7.16.3 | 7.19.3
Debian1 product
  • curl< 7.15.5-1etch2 | < 7.18.2-8lenny2 | < 7.18.2-8.1

3 vendors · 6 products

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