CVE-2004-2253

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in user.cgi in SurgeLDAP 1.0g and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the page parameter of the show command.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2253 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.10%, 93th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2253

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23987 exploit_db edb 2004-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2253

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 4.31% 7.10% +2.79%
2 2025-03-30 5.61% 4.31% -1.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.61% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2253

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2253

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2253

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netwin surgeldap 1.0d cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgeldap:1.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgeldap 1.0e cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgeldap:1.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgeldap 1.0g cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgeldap:1.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2253

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