CVE-2003-1292

Exp

PHP remote file include vulnerability in Derek Ashauer ashNews 0.83 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary remote files via a URL in the pathtoashnews parameter to (1) ashnews.php and (2) ashheadlines.php.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1292 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.33%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1292

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1864 exploit_db edb 2006-06-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1292

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 11.15% 3.33% -7.82%
2 2025-08-08 9.49% 11.15% +1.66%
3 2025-06-15 9.49%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1292

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ashwebstudio ashnews 0.83 cpe:2.3:a:ashwebstudio:ashnews:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1292

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