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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5847 EUVD-2008-5817GHSA-8m6h-hpr3-hm4g

Constructr CMS 3.02.5 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sen…

Published Jan 5, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Constructr CMS 3.02.5 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the hash column.

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.

References

  • 4868 third-party-advisory
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