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CVE-2003-1541

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PlanetMoon Guestbook tr3.a stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the admin script password, and other passwords, via a direct request to files/passwd.txt.

Affected products

• Planetmoon Guestbook: tr3.a.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/8392
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3653
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315895/30/25400/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7167
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006360
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11609
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8392
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3653
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315895/30/25400/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7167
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006360
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11609

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