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CVE-2002-0998
Directory traversal vulnerability in cafenews.php for CARE 2002 before beta 1.0.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cafenews.php for CARE 2002 before beta 1.0.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and null characters in the lang parameter, which is processed by a call to the include function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://www.care2x.com/modul.php?thispage=headlines&m_titel=NEWS&m_item=Headlines&lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 5218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- care2002-include-read-files(9552) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020712 Several problems in CARE 2002 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
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