# CVE-2004-2608: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can access the unencrypted administrator credentials by directly downloading the exposed database file from the web root.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jcr8-6hcp-xjf9

## What is CVE-2004-2608?

CVE-2004-2608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SmartWebby Smart Guest Book stores SmartGuestBook.mdb (aka the "news database") under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the unencrypted username and password of the administrator's account.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2608?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Smartwebby Smart Guest Book.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2608?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2608 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2608/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2608

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