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CVE-2008-6493

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.

Affected products

• Easy-News Easy Content Management Publishing: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49392
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7340
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49392
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7340

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