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CVE-2008-5597

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Cold BBS stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request for db/cforum.mdb.

Affected products

• Cold Bbs: _nil_

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4756
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47128
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7353
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4756
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47128
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7353

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