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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2001-0232 json

newsdesk.cgi in News Desk 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via shell metacharacters.

published 2001-03-09 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0232

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

newsdesk.cgi in News Desk 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via shell metacharacters.

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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