CVE-2002-0995

CVE-2002-0995 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in gianluca_baldo phpAuction. Remote attackers can gain administrative access by directly calling login.php with the "action" parameter set to "insert," which adds a provided username to the adminUsers table. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.