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CVE-2002-1423

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1423 describes a file disclosure vulnerability in FUDforum versions prior to 2.2.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by providing an absolute pathname in the 'file' parameter of the tmp_view.php script. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21723) confirms the existence of public exploit code, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ilia_alshanetsky:fudforum:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ilia_alshanetsky:fudforum:1.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ilia_alshanetsky:fudforum:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21723 · Aug 19, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0345 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0082.html
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/288042
ExploitVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9896.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5501
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory