CVE-2002-0921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, such as the full server pathname and other configuration settings, via the viewnews command with an invalid database, which leaks the information in error messages.

Published: 2002-08-31

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cgiscript.net:csnews:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cgiscript.net:csnews:1.0_professional:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0912	CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, such as the full server pathname and other configuration settings, via the viewnews command with an invalid database, which leaks the information in error messages.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00814.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0091.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9331.php

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00497}`	epss `{'score': 0.00814}`

Subscriptions

Cgiscript.net Csnews

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-08-31T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.291Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0921

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0921

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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