Directory traversal vulnerability in ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files or execute any Perl program on the system via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter, which reads the target file and attempts to execute the line using Perl's eval function.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0307 is rated Moderate Risk (56/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 4.51% | 2.26% | -2.25% |
| 2 | 2025-11-23 | 5.55% | 4.51% | -1.04% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 5.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| avengers_news_system | avengers_news_system | 2.01 | cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| avengers_news_system | avengers_news_system | 2.11 | cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |