The CGI counter 4.0.7 by George Burgyan allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

published 2000-05-15 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0423

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.7%; EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

2000-05-15 First public exploit (EDB-19913)
2000-05-15 Published

Exploit prediction

7.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19913 George Burgyan CGI Counter 4.0.2/4.0.7 - Input Validation remote, 2000-05-15

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200005151024.aa01811%40blaze.arl.mil
mailing-list
securityfocus.com /bid/1202
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2000-0424
NVD CVE-2000-0424

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Summary