CVE-2001-0523 describes a vulnerability in eEye SecureIIS versions 1.0.3 and earlier, where a remote attacker can bypass security filtering by escaping HTML characters in requests. This bypass allows the attacker to utilize restricted variables and conduct directory traversal attacks against protected programs. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eeye_digital_security:secureiis:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eeye_digital_security:securells:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.