CVE-2008-5853

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Chilek Content Management System (aka ChiCoMaS) 2.0.4 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to (1) obtain database credentials via a direct request for config.inc or (2) read database backups via a request for a backup/ URI.

Affected products

Chicomas: through 2.0.4; 2.0.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30080
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4872
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_59.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499458/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7532
http://secunia.com/advisories/30080
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4872
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_59.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499458/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7532

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