CVE-2008-6940 describes an insufficient access control vulnerability in TurnkeyForms Web Hosting Directory. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to directly request and download a database backup file located under the web root at admin/backup/db. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking active exploitation intelligence, public exploit code exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turnkeyforms:web_hosting_directory:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.