importInfo in the Admin Server for iPlanet WebServer 4.x, up to SP11, allows the web administrator to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dir parameter, and possibly allows remote attackers to exploit this vulnerability via a separate XSS issue (CVE-2002-1315).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1316 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). Core evidence: 1 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2025-12-05 | 1.35% | 2.00% | +0.65% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 3.27% | 1.35% | -1.92% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 3.27% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp1 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp2 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp3 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp4 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp5 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp6 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp7 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp8 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp9 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp10 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iplanet | iplanet_web_server | 4.1_sp11 | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |