HexBrain

U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #3328408

Exposed wp-config.php file in ███ National Guard website

Validstatus
highseverity
6upvotes
12 Jan 2026disclosed

How it was found

Description:

Hi, team! I found a ██████████ National Guard website with the subdomain/domain ████████. I know, it is strange they use the azurewebsites.us domain, but apparently it's an official website. I noticed that some official websites from Department of Defense have versions with the exact same website in azurewebsites.us, however I didn't find the original website with the original domain, but I really think this finding is valid.

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A copy of the WordPress config file wp-config.php has been found at █████████ endpoint. It contains sensitive information, such as MySQL and various keys.

Impact

The page provides sensitive information, for example, the database password in plain text.

System Host(s)

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Affected Product(s) and Version(s)

CVE Numbers

Steps to Reproduce

Open the link: ██████████

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Note this detail: 'DB_HOST', '████████'

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Implement access control.

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