CVE-2000-0688

Exp

Subscribe Me LITE does not properly authenticate attempts to change the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges for the Account Manager by directly calling the subscribe.pl script with the setpwd parameter.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0688 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.81%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0688

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20177 exploit_db edb 2000-08-23 Exploit-DB ↗
20176 exploit_db edb 2000-08-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0688

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 2026-06-15 6.78% 7.81% +1.03%
2 2025-03-30 11.42% 6.78% -4.64%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.42% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0688

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0688

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0688

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cgi_script_center subscribe_me_lite 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgi_script_center:subscribe_me_lite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0688

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