CVE-2008-5899 — CodeAvalanche FreeForAll stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CAFFAPage.mdb

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CodeAvalanche FreeForAll stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CAFFAPage.mdb

Published Jan 12, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 6.36%

Description

CodeAvalanche FreeForAll stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CAFFAPage.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

6.36% 0.06356

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

EPSS probability 0.06356

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	6.36% (0.06356)	93.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	6.36% (0.06356)	92.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.92% (0.01923)	81.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.61% (0.03614)	79.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.84% (0.01843)	81.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.01% (0.02012)	89.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 23, 2023	2.03% (0.02029)	87.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 13, 2023	1.79% (0.01789)	86.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 1, 2023	1.47% (0.01475)	84.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.97% (0.00972)	81.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33100
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47354
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7469
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33100		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47354		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7469		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 12, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 12, 2009

Link CVE-2008-5899

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5899

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5899