01 Record
CVE-2009-4137
The loadContentFromCookie function in core/Cookie.php in Piwik before 0.5 does not validate strings obtained from cookies before calling the unserialize function, which allows remote attackers to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The loadContentFromCookie function in core/Cookie.php in Piwik before 0.5 does not validate strings obtained from cookies before calling the unserialize function, which allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-24 16:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8d74a262dc062a8e0d3ce0672d576fec546dd518b11d4d2aae3529743ec3a249
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091214 Re: Piwik <= 0.4.5 Cookie Unserialize() Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/14/2
- piwik.orghttp://piwik.org/blog/2009/12/piwik-response-to-shocking-news-in-php-exploitation/
- www.suspekt.orghttp://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091210 Re: Piwik <= 0.4.5 Cookie Unserialize() Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/10/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091209 Piwik <= 0.4.5 Cookie Unserialize() Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/09/2
- dev.piwik.orghttp://dev.piwik.org/trac/changeset/1637
- www.suspekt.orghttp://www.suspekt.org/2009/12/09/advisory-032009-piwik-cookie-unserialize-vulnerability/
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/en/advisories/advisory-032009-piwik-cookie-unserialize-vulnerability/