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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2002-1428 json

index.php in dotProject 0.2.1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a cookie or URL with the user_cookie parameter set to…

published 2003-03-18 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1411

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

index.php in dotProject 0.2.1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a cookie or URL with the user_cookie parameter set to 1.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21661)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21661 dotProject 0.2.1 - User Cookie Authentication Bypass webapps, 2002-07-29
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0366.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5347 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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