Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2014-9702 is an information-disclosure flaw in Cmfive. When database connectivity malfunctions, the application can reveal database usernames and passwords to remote users through ordinary requests, including password-reset requests. The business risk is credential exposure that could enable deeper compromise, but the sources do not report active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any exposed legacy Cmfive deployment because database credentials are sensitive and can expand attacker access. If Cmfive is not used, document non-exposure and close with low residual concern.
Technical view
The CVE describes system/classes/DbPDO.php in Cmfive through 2015-03-15 exposing sensitive database credentials during database connection failures. The affected product/version data in the bundle is incomplete, and no CVSS, CWE, fixed version, or vendor mitigation is provided.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Cmfive versions through 2015-03-15 remain internet-accessible and can surface database connectivity errors to users. Current affected version boundaries are not fully documented in the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The flaw is remotely reachable through normal web requests when the database connection is malfunctioning. KEV is false, and the supplied sources do not claim active exploitation or provide exploit prevalence.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and a single public advisory reference. The vulnerability is conditional on database connectivity malfunction. Do not assume a specific fixed release or exploitation in the wild without additional vendor or telemetry evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Identify any deployed Cmfive instances and their release dates.
- Check Cmfive project or vendor guidance for fixed versions.
- Prevent verbose database errors from reaching public responses.
- Rotate database credentials if exposure is suspected or confirmed.
- Restrict public access to legacy Cmfive deployments where possible.
Validation and detection
- Inventory web assets for Cmfive installations.
- Confirm whether any instance is from 2015-03-15 or earlier.
- Review error-handling behavior for database connection failures.
- Search logs for public requests during database outage windows.
- Check whether database credentials appeared in application responses.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.justanotherhacker.com/2016/09/jahx161_-_cmfive_database_credential_disclosure.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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