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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.25%

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 trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.25%26 October 202626 October 2026

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-6313source ↗CMME 1.12 - Local File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting / Cross-Site Request Forgery/Download Backup/Make Directoryphp · SirGodwebapps26 August 2008yes

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