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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-2143 json

The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorize…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-2122

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21901)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21901 MySimpleNews 1.0 - Remote Readable Administrator Password webapps, 2002-10-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5866 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

Sources

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