CVE-2003-1499

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Bytehoard 0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the infolder parameter.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1499 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). Core evidence: 2 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-2003-1499

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23261 exploit_db edb 2003-10-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1499

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 3.65% 2.83% -0.82%
2 2026-02-06 2.39% 3.65% +1.26%
3 2026-01-09 2.39%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1499

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-2003-1499

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1499

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bytehoard bytehoard 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bytehoard:bytehoard:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1499

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