CVE-2008-6871
Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.
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 2.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.46% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 December 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- merlix/educate server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% 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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33018Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/50524Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47108
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33018Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/50524Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47108
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7348
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.