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high 7.5

CVE-2004-2221 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in SoftCart.exe in Mercantec SoftCart 4.00b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter in an HT…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2213

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
34.8%
EPSS 34.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in SoftCart.exe in Mercantec SoftCart 4.00b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter in an HTTP GET request.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/bsdi/softcart/mercantec_softcart)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

34.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/bsdi/softcart/mercantec_softcart Mercantec SoftCart CGI Overflow metasploit exploit, great rank, 2004-08-19
  • EDB-16926 Mercantec SoftCart - CGI Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-10037 Mercantec SoftCart 4.00b - CGI Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2004-08-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10926 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • metasploit.com http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/mercantec_softcart.pm 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

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.