CVE-2002-0680

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL with an encoded / (%5C) in a .. (dot dot) sequence. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be REJECTED because it has been reported to be a duplicate of CVE-2001-0228.

Published: 2002-07-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0680 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.29%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0680

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21607 exploit_db edb 2002-07-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0680

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 2026-05-24 5.24% 5.29% +0.05%
2 2025-03-30 6.99% 5.24% -1.75%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.99% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0680

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-2002-0680

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0680

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goahead_software goahead_webserver 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goahead_software goahead_webserver 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goahead_software goahead_webserver 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goahead_software goahead_webserver 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goahead_software goahead_webserver 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:goahead_software:goahead_webserver:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orange_software orange_web_server 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:orange_software:orange_web_server:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
montavista_software hard_hat_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:montavista_software:hard_hat_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0680

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