{"id":"CVE-2008-5901","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5901","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:41.095Z","title":"iyzi Forum 1.0 beta 3 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing a password via a direct request for db/iyziforum.mdb.","description":"iyzi Forum 1.0 beta 3 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing a password via a direct request for db/iyziforum.mdb.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2009-01-12T20:00:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:01:12.000Z","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":["iyziforum/iyzi forum"],"epss":{"score":0.0242,"percentile":0.84056,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-12-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":7449,"kind":"exploit","title":"iyzi Forum 1.0b3 - Database Disclosure","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7449","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/7449.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/7449.txt","published":"2008-12-14","added":"2008-12-13","updated":"2017-01-06","author":"Ghost Hacker","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-51374","CVE-2008-5901"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comiyziForums1b3.01tr.zip","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 2.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4908","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47330","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7449","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4908","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47330","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7449","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5901","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."}