CVE-1999-0467

Exp

The Webcom CGI Guestbook programs wguest.exe and rguest.exe allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files using the "template" parameter.

Published: 1999-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0467 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.91%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0467

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20446 exploit_db edb 1999-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗
20447 exploit_db edb 1999-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0467

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 2025-10-17 3.63% 3.91% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.54% 3.63% +3.09%
3 2023-03-07 0.54%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0467

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0467

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0467

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webcom cgi_guestbook cpe:2.3:a:webcom:cgi_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0467

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