Is CVE-2009-5054 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-5054 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-5054?

CVE-2009-5054 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-5054?

CVE-2009-5054 has an EPSS score of 1.59% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5054?

Upgrade smarty3 on debian 11 to 3.0~rc1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-5054

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Smarty before 3.0.0 beta 4 does not consider the umask value when setting the permissions of files, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

smarty3Debian

Fixed in:3.0~rc1-1CVE-2009-5054

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

smarty-php.googlecode.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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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 2026-04-29.