CVE-2009-0249 — Katy Whitton RankEm 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 database/topsites.mdb

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Katy Whitton RankEm 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 database/topsites.mdb

Published Jan 22, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.29%

Description

Katy Whitton RankEm 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 database/topsites.mdb.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.29% 0.02286

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

EPSS probability 0.02286

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.29% (0.02286)	82.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.29% (0.02286)	80.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 31, 2025	3.98% (0.03977)	88.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.74% (0.01744)	81.27th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00170)	55.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.17% (0.00170)	54.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00170)	52.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48070
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7805
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48070		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7805		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 22, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 22, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0249

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0249

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-0249