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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-0483 json

index.php for PHP-Nuke 5.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the physical pathname of the web server when the file parameter…

published 2002-06-11 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0480

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.2%
EPSS 8.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

index.php for PHP-Nuke 5.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the physical pathname of the web server when the file parameter is set to index.php, which triggers an error message that leaks the pathname.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21349)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21349 PHP-Nuke 5.x - Error Message Web Root Disclosure webapps, 2002-03-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4333 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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