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CVE-2002-0220

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0220 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in PhpSmsSend version 1.0, specifically within the phpsmssend.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands by embedding shell metacharacters within an SMS message. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 further emphasizes its significant risk. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), and no public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpsmssend:phpsmssend:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0211 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/252918
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8019.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3982