CVE-2001-0231

News Desk vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

5.6%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in newsdesk.cgi in News Desk 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the "t" parameter.

Affected vendor

Ibrow

Affected product

News Desk

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2001-03-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0231

Confirm whether Ibrow News Desk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0231.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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