{"id":"CVE-2008-5900","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5900","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:38.039Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2009-01-12T20:00:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:01:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["codeavalanche/articles"],"epss":{"score":0.06356,"percentile":0.93596,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-12-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":7471,"kind":"exploit","title":"CodeAvalanche Articles - Database Disclosure","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7471","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/asp/webapps/7471.txt","file":"exploits/asp/webapps/7471.txt","published":"2008-12-15","added":"2008-12-14","updated":"2017-01-05","author":"Pouya_Server","type":"webapps","platform":"asp","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-51556","CVE-2008-5900"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33100","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4909","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47351","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7471","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33100","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4909","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47351","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7471","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5900","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}