CVE-2002-0223

Exp

Infopop UBB.Threads 5.4 and Wired Community Software WWWThreads 5.0 through 5.0.9 allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary files by using a filename that contains an accepted extension, but ends in a different extension.

Published: 2002-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0223 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-0223

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0223

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 2025-03-17 0.61% 0.86% +0.25%
2 2023-09-11 0.75% 0.61% -0.13%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.75% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0223

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-2002-0223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
infopop ultimate_bulletin_board 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:infopop:ultimate_bulletin_board:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wired_community_software wwwthreads 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wired_community_software wwwthreads 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wired_community_software wwwthreads 5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wired_community_software wwwthreads 5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:wired_community_software:wwwthreads:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0223

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