CVE-2008-6493
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with...
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.
- Record
CVE-2008-6493- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.
- Record
CVE-2008-6493- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6463 No score
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.
- Record
EUVD-2008-6463- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cfg9-2j78-67hw No score
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with...
Easy Content Management Publishing stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for Database/News.mdb.
- Record
GHSA-cfg9-2j78-67hw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Easy News Content Management - Database Disclosure | 2008-12-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-6493 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Easy-news Easy Content Management Publishing, published March 20, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.23%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.