CVE-2002-2143

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The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-2143 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.38%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2143

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21901 exploit_db edb 2002-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2143

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 2025-08-18 3.06% 5.38% +2.32%
2 2025-03-30 4.12% 3.06% -1.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.12% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2143

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2143

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2143

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mysimplenews mysimplenews 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mysimplenews:mysimplenews:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2143

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