# CVE-2009-1085: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive API keys and other data by directly requesting a specific script file due to insufficient access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2009
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xph6-222g-766w

## What is CVE-2009-1085?

CVE-2009-1085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Piwik 0.2.32 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the API key and other sensitive information via a direct request for misc/cron/archive.sh.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1085?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Matomo Matomo.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-1085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-7815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7815/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2015-7816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7816/): Deserialization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-4137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4137/): Deserialization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-4140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4140/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-4941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4941/): Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-1085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1085

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1085/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.