Web Wiz Guestbook 6.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database and obtain sensitive information via a direct request for database/WWGguestbook.mdb. NOTE: it was later reported that 8.21 is also affected.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1571 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.90%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7488 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-12-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-23 | 5.37% | 5.90% | +0.53% |
| 2 | 2026-04-02 | 5.23% | 5.37% | +0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-08-12 | — | 5.23% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| webwizguide | web_wiz_guestbook | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:webwizguide:web_wiz_guestbook:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| webwizguide | web_wiz_guestbook | 8.21 | cpe:2.3:a:webwizguide:web_wiz_guestbook:8.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |