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CVE-2002-0688

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0688 describes a critical vulnerability in the ZCatalog plug-in for Zope versions 2.4.0 through 2.5.1. This flaw allows anonymous users and untrusted code to bypass access restrictions, enabling them to invoke arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zope:zope:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 51st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: zopeFixed in: 2.6.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-7944-h5rw-qmjxhigh

ZCatalog plug-in for Zope allows anonymous users to bypass access restrictions

Apr 30, 2022
redhatCVE-2002-0688

security flaw

Jun 14, 2002

References

debian.org / security/2004/dsa-490
iss.net / security_center/static/9610.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-060.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5812
zope.org / Products/Zope/Hotfix_2002-06-14/security_alert
PatchVendor Advisory