CVE-2008-5898: Codeavalanche Directory

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CodeAvalanche Directory stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CADirectory.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Codeavalanche Directory: version _nil_ only

Published 2009-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.