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CVE-2013-2562

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Mambo CMS 4.6.5 stores the MySQL database password in cleartext in the document root, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Mambo CMS: 4.6.5

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/108462/mambocms465-permdosdisclose.txt
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/689
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/mambo_cms_4.6.5.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/108462/mambocms465-permdosdisclose.txt
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/689
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/mambo_cms_4.6.5.html

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