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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1886 json

TightAuction 3.0 stores config.inc under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain th…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1865

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

TightAuction 3.0 stores config.inc under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the database username and password.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21893)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21893 TightAuction 3.0 - Config.INC Information Disclosure webapps, 2002-10-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5850 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0016.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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.