CVE-2008-5900
CodeAvalanche Articles 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/CAArticles.mdb.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
CodeAvalanche Articles 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/CAArticles.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 · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 December 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- codeavalanche/articles
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/33100Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4909
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47351
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33100Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4909
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47351
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7471
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.