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CVE-2002-0953

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0953 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in PHP Address versions prior to 0.2f. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting a URL into the LangCookie parameter, provided the PHP allow_url_fopen and register_globals settings are enabled. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness of its exploitability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_address:php_address:0.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21564 · Jun 17, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0378 is in the 80th 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/2002-06/0182.html
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/277987
iss.net / security_center/static/9379.php
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/5039
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory