Is CVE-2009-2765 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-2765 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-2765?

CVE-2009-2765 has a CVSS v2 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-2765?

CVE-2009-2765 has an EPSS score of 82.50% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-2765

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

8.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

httpd.c in httpd in the management GUI in DD-WRT 24 sp1, and other versions before build 12533, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a request to a cgi-bin/ URI.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

82.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6853
http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/linux/http/ddwrt_cgibin_exec.rb
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022596
http://www.dd-wrt.com/
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=55173
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9209
http://www.osvdb.org/55990
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35742
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_router_vuln/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.