MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1628

Mikes Vote Cgi vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in vote.cgi for Mike Spice Mike's Vote CGI before 1.3 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the type parameter.
Affected vendor
Mike Spice
Affected product
Mikes Vote Cgi
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2002-12-31

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 integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1628

  • Confirm whether Mike Spice Mikes Vote Cgi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1628.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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