CVE-2008-3924
The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a direct request for (a) backup/cmme_data.zip or (b) backup/cmme_cmme.zip. NOTE: it was later reported that vector a also affects CMME 1.19.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.25% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 August 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- hans oesterholt/cmme
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31599Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31599Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.