CVE-2009-5019

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Web Wiz NewsPad 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/NewsPad.mdb.

Published: 2010-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-5019 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). Core evidence: 5 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-2009-5019

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
15544 exploit_db edb 2010-11-15 Exploit-DB ↗
10637 exploit_db edb 2009-12-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5019

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 2026-06-15 6.21% 2.79% -3.42%
2 2026-02-24 8.03% 6.21% -1.81%
3 2025-10-04 8.03%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5019

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-2009-5019

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5019

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webwiz web_wiz_newspad 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:webwiz:web_wiz_newspad:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webwiz web_wiz_newspad 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:webwiz:web_wiz_newspad:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webwiz web_wiz_newspad 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:webwiz:web_wiz_newspad:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webwiz web_wiz_newspad 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:webwiz:web_wiz_newspad:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5019

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