CVE-2001-0022 describes a critical remote command execution vulnerability in the simplestguest.cgi program by Leif Wright. Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the guestbook parameter, allowing arbitrary command execution on the affected server. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, and its high FAUCET risk score indicates significant potential impact despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leif_m._wright:simplestguest.cgi:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.