Description
Acidcat CMS 3.5.3 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database containing credentials via a direct request for databases/acidcat_3.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
- Acidcat CMS 3.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-10972 · webapps · Jan 3, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- acidcat-acidcat3-info-disclosure(55329) vdb-entry
- 61436 vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/acidcatcms-disclose.txt
- 38084 third-party-advisory
- 10972 exploit