A Code Execution Vulnerability exists in OpenX Ad Server 2.8.10 due to a backdoor in flowplayer-3.1.1.min.js library, which could let a remo
Noroxi assessment
Priority: This week (action score 60/100)
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 70.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.3% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A Code Execution Vulnerability exists in OpenX Ad Server 2.8.10 due to a backdoor in flowplayer-3.1.1.min.js library, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary PHP code
- Published
- Feb 14, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 70.6% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Action score
60
This week
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 21 / 30 · 70.6%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openx | openx | cpe:2.3:a:openx:openx |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openx openx2.8.10
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
OpenX Ad Server
- 2.8.10affected
Same product
openx: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2012-4990SQL injection vulnerability in admin/campaign-zone-link.php in OpenX 2.8.10 before revision 81823 allows remote attackers to execute arbitra31Monitor
- CVE-2009-4830Unspecified vulnerability in OpenX 2.8.1 and 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain access to an Administrator ac31Monitor
- CVE-2008-6163SQL injection vulnerability in www/delivery/ac.php in OpenX 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the bannerid31Monitor
- CVE-2009-4098Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in banner-edit.php in OpenX adserver 2.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with banner 30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2013-08-12 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/multi/http/openx_backdoor_phpOpenX Backdoor PHP Code Executionexploit | 2013-08-07 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-2383 d
- First PoC-2378 d
- Published
- TodayOct 17, 2026+2437 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.