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CVE-2000-0688

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0688 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in CGI Script Center's Subscribe Me LITE, specifically version 2.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to change the administrator password and gain full control over the Account Manager by directly calling the subscribe.pl script with the "setpwd" parameter, due to improper authentication. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100 further emphasizes its severity. While not currently on the CISA KEV list or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cgi_script_center:subscribe_me_lite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20176 · Aug 23, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0781 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0292.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
marc.info
cgiscriptcenter.com / subscribe
securityfocus.com / bid/1607
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory