CVE-2002-2420

Exp

site_searcher.cgi in Super Site Searcher allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the page parameter.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-2420 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.09%, 92th percentile). 2 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-2002-2420

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21768 exploit_db edb 2002-09-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2420

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 8.75% 6.09% -2.66%
2 2025-10-08 7.93% 8.75% +0.82%
3 2025-10-02 — 7.93% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2420

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-2002-2420

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
independent_solution simple_site_searcher — cpe:2.3:a:independent_solution:simple_site_searcher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
independent_solution super_site_searcher — cpe:2.3:a:independent_solution:super_site_searcher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2420

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