Vulnerability in the Wguest CGI program.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0287 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.58%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20446 | exploit_db | edb | 1999-04-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 20447 | exploit_db | edb | 1999-04-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 1.50% | 3.58% | +2.08% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 0.89% | 1.50% | +0.61% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 0.89% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-1999-0287: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0287 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| webcom | cgi_guestbook | — | cpe:2.3:a:webcom:cgi_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |