CVE-2008-3924

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a direct request for (a) backup/cmme_data.zip or (b) backup/cmme_cmme.zip. NOTE: it was later reported that vector a also affects CMME 1.19.

Affected products

Hans Oesterholt Cmme: 1.12

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31599
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313
http://secunia.com/advisories/31599
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313

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