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CVE-2003-0240

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0240 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting various Axis Network Camera and Video Server products. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request containing a double slash (//) to the admin/admin.shtml page, thereby bypassing access restrictions and gaining unauthorized configuration modification capabilities. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for attackers. Despite its age and high severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:axis:2100_network_camera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:axis:2110_network_camera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:axis:2120_network_camera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:axis:2130_ptz_network_camera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:axis:2400_video_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22626 · May 27, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2952 is in the 97th 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

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/8876
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12104
coresecurity.com / common/showdoc.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/799060
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 4804
securityfocus.com / bid/7652