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Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0919 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.44%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.38% 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21494 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-05-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 21495 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-05-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-08-04 | 6.06% | 12.44% | +6.38% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 10.57% | 6.06% | -4.51% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 10.57% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cgiscript.net | cspassword | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:cgiscript.net:cspassword:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274727 | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9222.php | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4888 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |