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CVE-2008-5886

• 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: 2009-01-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

TAKempis Discussion Web 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing a password via a direct request for _private/discussion.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Takempis Discussion Web: 4.0

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4899
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47348
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7445
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4899
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47348
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7445

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