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CVE-2002-0223

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0223 describes a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting Infopop UBB.Threads 5.4 and Wired Community Software WWWThreads 5.0 through 5.0.9. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass file upload restrictions by manipulating filenames to include an allowed extension while ending in a different, potentially malicious one. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:infopop:ultimate_bulletin_board:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 59th 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

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/253172
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8022.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3993