CVE-2003-1365 describes a vulnerability in the escape_dangerous_chars function of CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier, where it fails to properly filter special characters like backslash, question mark, tilde, carat, newline, and carriage return. This flaw could enable remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, within shell scripts that depend on CGI::Lite for input sanitization. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:cgi_lite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.