CVE-2001-0780

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Directory traversal vulnerability in cosmicpro.cgi in Cosmicperl Directory Pro 2.0 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the SHOW parameter.

Published: 2001-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0780 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). 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-2001-0780

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20887 exploit_db edb 2001-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0780

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 2025-03-30 5.43% 2.34% -3.09%
2 2025-03-29 2.34% 5.43% +3.09%
3 2025-03-19 2.34%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0780

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-2001-0780

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0780

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cosmicperl directory_pro 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cosmicperl:directory_pro:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0780

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