Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5932 · published 21 January 2009

CVE-2008-5932: Codeavalanche freeforum permissions and access controls vulnerability

CCodeavalanche · Freeforum

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

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.2% · top 6.7% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

6.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

CFreeforum Codeavalanche

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33100	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4932
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7450
http://secunia.com/advisories/33100	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4932
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7450

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5932), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.