CVE-2008-6872

Exp

ASPThai.NET ASPThai Forums 8.5 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/aspthaiForum.mdb.

Published: 2009-07-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6872 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.60%). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-6872

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7292 exploit_db edb 2008-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6872

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 2025-03-30 6.64% 3.60% -3.03%
2 2025-03-29 3.60% 6.64% +3.03%
3 2025-03-17 3.60%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6872

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-2008-6872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aspthai.net aspthai_forums 8.5 cpe:2.3:a:aspthai.net:aspthai_forums:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6872

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