CVE-2008-5956

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Wbstreet (aka PHPSTREET Webboard) 1.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via a direct request to connect.inc.

Affected products

Phpstreet Webboard: 1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32994
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47074
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7337
http://secunia.com/advisories/32994
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47074
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7337

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