CVE-2001-0360

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in help.cgi in Ikonboard 2.1.7b and earlier allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the helpon parameter.

Published: 2001-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0360 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.33%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2001-0360

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20683 exploit_db edb 2001-03-11 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0360

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 3.45% 8.33% +4.89%
2 2025-03-30 5.99% 3.45% -2.54%
3 2025-03-29 5.99%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0360

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-2001-0360

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0360

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ikonboard.com ikonboard <= 2.1.7b cpe:2.3:a:ikonboard.com:ikonboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0360

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