CVE-2000-0622

Exp

Buffer overflow in Webfind CGI program in O'Reilly WebSite Professional web server 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL containing a long "keywords" parameter.

Published: 2000-07-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0622 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.87%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0622

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20086 exploit_db edb 2000-06-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0622

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 2026-05-07 8.62% 6.87% -1.75%
2 2026-04-24 6.87% 8.62% +1.75%
3 2025-06-10 — 6.87% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0622

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0622

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0622

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oreilly website_professional 2.3.18 cpe:2.3:a:oreilly:website_professional:2.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oreilly website_professional 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:oreilly:website_professional:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oreilly website_professional 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:oreilly:website_professional:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0622

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