CVE-2001-0228 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead web server versions 2.1 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, enabling attackers to access sensitive information via a ".." attack in HTTP GET requests. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV or Hot List mentions), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
v.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:v.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:v.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.