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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5780 EUVD-2008-5750GHSA-gpq7-8cmf-3pxq

Forest Blog 1.3.2 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to downlo…

Published Dec 30, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Forest Blog 1.3.2 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing passwords via a direct request for blog.mdb.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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