CVE-2008-3924 — The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a direct request for (a) backup/cmme_data.zip or (b) backup/cmme_cmme.zip

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The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a direct request for (a) backup/cmme_data.zip or (b) backup/cmme_cmme.zip

Published Sep 4, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.25%

Description

The "Make a backup" functionality in Content Management Made Easy (CMME) 1.12 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) account names and (2) password hashes via a direct request for (a) backup/cmme_data.zip or (b) backup/cmme_cmme.zip. NOTE: it was later reported that vector a also affects CMME 1.19.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.25% 0.02253

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

EPSS probability 0.02253

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.25% (0.02253)	82.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.25% (0.02253)	80.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 12, 2025	5.99% (0.05992)	90.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.89% (0.02888)	85.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.36% (0.05363)	83.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.77% (0.02769)	85.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00379)	73.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.34% (0.00344)	70.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.34% (0.00344)	67.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31599
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31599		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4220		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30854		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44684		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6313		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 4, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 4, 2008

Link CVE-2008-3924

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-3924

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-3924