PVote before 1.9 allows remote attackers to change the administrative password and gain privileges by directly calling ch_info.php with the…

published 2002-06-11 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0584

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.0%; EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

PVote before 1.9 allows remote attackers to change the administrative password and gain privileges by directly calling ch_info.php with the newpass and confirm parameters both set to the new password.

Patch / fix

links 2

securityfocus.com/bid/4541 advisory
iss.net/security_center/static/8878.php advisory

Timeline

2002-04-18 First public exploit (EDB-21397)
2002-06-11 Published

Exploit prediction

7.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-21397 PVote 1.0/1.5 - Unauthorized Administrative Password Change webapps, 2002-04-18
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4541 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
online.securityfocus.com http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268231 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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 /bid/4541
vdb-entry, exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
iss.net /security_center/static/8878.php
vdb-entry, patch, vendor-advisory
online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/268231
mailing-list, exploit, vendor-advisory
orbit-net.net /php/pvote/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2002-0589
NVD CVE-2002-0589

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Summary