Goahead Software operates a lightweight embedded web server widely deployed in networking and industrial devices, where its modest vulnerability footprint carries disproportionate impact due to the embedded and often unpatched nature of affected appliances. Vulnerabilities in this vendor frequently acquire public exploit code, reflecting the appeal of web-facing embedded systems to security researchers and attackers; the recurring weakness classes center on input validation and information disclosure, typical of network-service attack surfaces. Defenders should treat Goahead Web Server instances as requiring timely remediation and inventory-aware patching strategies, particularly in long-lived network and industrial equipment; live severity and exploitation activity are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Goahead Software over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
8 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2002-1951HIGH Buffer overflow in GoAhead WebServer 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request with a large number of subdirectories. | Dec 31, 2002 | 7.5 | 36 | NO | YES |
CVE-2002-1603MEDIUM GoAhead Web Server 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code of ASP files via a URL terminated with a /, \, %2f (encoded /), %20 (encoded space), or %00 ( | Feb 13, 2002 | 5.0 | 34 | NO | YES |
CVE-2002-0681HIGH Cross-site scripting vulnerability in GoAhead Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute script as other web users via script in a URL that generates a "404 not found" messa | Jul 23, 2002 | 7.5 | 31 | NO | YES |
CVE-2002-0680MEDIUM Directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL with an encoded / (%5C) in a .. (dot dot) sequence. NOTE: it | Jul 23, 2002 | 5.0 | 25 | NO | YES |
CVE-2001-0385MEDIUM GoAhead webserver 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request to the /aux directory. | Jul 2, 2001 | 5.0 | 25 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-6702MEDIUM goform/QuickStart_c0 on the GoAhead Web Server on the FS4104-AW (aka rooter) VDSL device contains a password in the typepassword field, which allows remote attackers to obtain this | Mar 4, 2008 | 5.0 | 23 | NO | YES |
CVE-2001-0228MEDIUM Directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead web server 2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. attack in an HTTP GET request. | May 3, 2001 | 5.0 | 23 | NO | YES |
CVE-2003-1568MEDIUM GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an invalid URL, related to the websSafeUrl funct | Feb 6, 2009 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Goahead Software.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Goahead Software — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.