CVE-2009-0249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2009-01-22

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 4.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:katywhitton:rankem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-0257	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04492.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48070
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7805

History

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Subscriptions

Katywhitton Rankem

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-22T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:24:18.500Z

Reserved: 2009-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0249

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-22T16:30:00.297

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0249

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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