CVE-2008-5899
CodeAvalanche FreeForAll stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CAFFAPage.mdb.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
CodeAvalanche FreeForAll stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CAFFAPage.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.36% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- codeavalanche/freeforall
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.