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CVE-2001-1020

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1020 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in Vibechild Directory Manager versions prior to 0.91. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server by injecting shell metacharacters into the userfile_name parameter, which is then passed unfiltered to the PHP passthru function. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vibechild:directory_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0013.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7079
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
securityfocus.com / bid/3288
Vendor Advisory