CVE-2002-1902

CGIForum 1.0 through 1.05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) by creating a message board post that is a child of an outdated parent.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1902 is rated Moderate Risk (44.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1902

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 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.74% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.74% 0.76% +0.02%
3 2025-03-17 0.74%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1902

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:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1902

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1902

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
markus_triska cgiforum 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1902

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