CVE-2002-1515

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in avatar.php in CoolForum 0.5 beta allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the img parameter.

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1515 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.28%). 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-2002-1515

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1515

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 1.39% 2.28% +0.89%
2 2026-01-28 1.48% 1.39% -0.09%
3 2025-09-08 — 1.48% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1515

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-2002-1515

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1515

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coolforum coolforum 0.5_beta cpe:2.3:a:coolforum:coolforum:0.5_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1515

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