CVE-2002-2256 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in pWins Webserver versions 0.2.5 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files using Unicode characters. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. While there is no known active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pwins:pwins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.