CVE-2009-0498

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-0498 · Published 10/02/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-0498 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting virtual guestbook (minitdesign).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
virtual guestbook minitdesign	`= 2.1`	No fix yet

Description

Virtual GuestBook (vgbook) 2.1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request to guestbook.mdb.

References

exploit-db.com/exploits/7744

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