THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-2420
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-2420

Simple Site Searcher vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
site_searcher.cgi in Super Site Searcher allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the page parameter.
Affected vendor
Independent Solution
Affected product
Simple Site Searcher
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
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 confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-2420

  • Confirm whether Independent Solution Simple Site Searcher is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-2420.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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