CVE-2003-1599

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in wp-links/links.all.php in WordPress 0.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the $abspath variable.

Published: 2014-10-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1599 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.08%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1599

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1599

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 0.91% 3.08% +2.17%
2 2025-04-04 1.07% 0.91% -0.15%
3 2025-03-30 1.07%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1599

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-2003-1599

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-1599

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-1599 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-1599

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1599

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress 0.70 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1599

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