CVE-2002-0924 describes a critical vulnerability in CGIScript.net csNews.cgi, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code. This is achieved by injecting terminating quotes and metacharacters into text fields within the "Advanced Settings" feature. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability carries a high severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgiscript.net:csnews:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0_professionalCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgiscript.net:csnews:1.0_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.