CVE-2008-2857 — AlstraSoft AskMe Pro 2.1 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information

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AlstraSoft AskMe Pro 2.1 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information

Published Jun 25, 2008

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.11%

Description

AlstraSoft AskMe Pro 2.1 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.11% 0.02112

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02112

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.11% (0.02112)	81.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.11% (0.02112)	79.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.61% (0.00611)	67.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00160)	53.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.17% (0.00173)	54.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00173)	52.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (1)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5821
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5821		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 25, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 24, 2008

Link CVE-2008-2857

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-2857

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-2857