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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2009-0249 json

Katy Whitton RankEm stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to down…

published 2009-01-22 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0257

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Katy Whitton RankEm stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database containing credentials via a direct request for database/topsites.mdb.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7805)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7805 Rankem - File Disclosure / Cross-Site Scripting / Cookie webapps, 2009-01-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.