Description
TAKempis Discussion Web 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing a password via a direct request for _private/discussion.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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
- Discussion Web 4 - Remote Database Disclosure EDB-7445 · webapps · Dec 14, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4899 third-party-advisory
- 7445 exploit
- discussionweb-discussion-info-disclosure(47348) vdb-entry