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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2009-0866 json

pHNews Alpha 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download…

published 2009-03-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0863

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

pHNews Alpha 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for extra/genbackup.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8073)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8073 pHNews Alpha 1 - 'genbackup.php' Database Disclosure webapps, 2009-02-17

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.