CVE-2008-5773

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: 2008-12-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Nukedit 4.9.8 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing usernames and passwords via a direct request for database/dbsite.mdb.

Affected products

Nukedit: 4.9.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33165
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4840
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7491
http://secunia.com/advisories/33165
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4840
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7491

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