CVE-2003-1571

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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.

Published: 2009-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1571

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7488 exploit_db edb 2008-12-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1571

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1571

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1571

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1571

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