Mambo Site Server 4.0.11 allows remote attackers to obtain the physical path of the server via an HTTP request to index.php with a parameter that does not exist, which causes the path to be leaked in an error message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2288 is rated Exploit Available (58.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.01%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22087 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-12-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 2026-06-15 | 5.49% | 2.01% | -3.48% |
| 2 | 2026-06-06 | 5.27% | 5.49% | +0.23% |
| 3 | 2026-02-20 | — | 5.27% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mambo | site_server | 4.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:mambo:site_server:4.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |