Acidcat 2.1.13 and earlier stores the database under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain…

published 2005-12-20 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4366

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Acidcat 2.1.13 and earlier stores the database under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request to databases/acidcat.mdb.

Timeline

2005-12-19 First public exploit (EDB-26874)
2005-12-20 Published

Exploit prediction

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-26874 Acidcat CMS 2.1.13 - 'acidcat.mdb' Remote Information Disclosure webapps, 2005-12-19
hamid.ir http://hamid.ir/security/acidcat.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

References

hamid.ir /security/acidcat.txt
exploit, vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/18097
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
osvdb.org /22491
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /archive/1/419905/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
securityfocus.com /bid/15933
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2005-4371
NVD CVE-2005-4371

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.

Summary