FreeStyle Wiki (fswiki) 3.6.2 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows re…

published 2006-12-31 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6872

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.8%; EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

FreeStyle Wiki (fswiki) 3.6.2 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a direct request for config/user.dat.

Timeline

2006-12-30 First public exploit (EDB-3047)
2006-12-31 Published

Exploit prediction

3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-3047 FreeStyle Wiki 3.6.2 - 'user.dat' Password Disclosure webapps, 2006-12-30

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/3047
exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/31227
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-6889
NVD CVE-2006-6889

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Summary