CVE-2008-5929

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VP-ASP Shopping Cart 6.50 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database containing the password via a direct request for database/shopping650.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-01-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5929 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.09%). 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5929

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7438 exploit_db edb 2008-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5929

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 2026-03-13 4.63% 5.09% +0.46%
2 2026-01-21 4.51% 4.63% +0.12%
3 2025-12-27 4.51%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5929

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-2008-5929

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5929

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vpasp vp-asp_shopping_cart 6.50 cpe:2.3:a:vpasp:vp-asp_shopping_cart:6.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5929

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