CVE-2009-0866 — pHNews Alpha 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for extra/genbackup.php

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pHNews Alpha 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for extra/genbackup.php

Published Mar 10, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.51%

Description

pHNews Alpha 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for extra/genbackup.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.51% 0.02509

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02509

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 3, 2026	2.51% (0.02509)	84.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.51% (0.02509)	82.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 30, 2026	5.31% (0.05314)	90.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 2, 2026	3.98% (0.03977)	88.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.74% (0.01744)	81.27th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.32% (0.00320)	71.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.32% (0.00320)	69.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 19, 2023	0.32% (0.00320)	67.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 8, 2023	0.28% (0.00282)	64.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00231)	59.44th	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 (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48801
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8073
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48801		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8073		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 10, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 10, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0866

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0866

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-0866