CVE-2002-0924 — CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via terminating quotes and metacharacters in text fields of the "Advanced Settings" capability

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HIGH

CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via terminating quotes and metacharacters in text fields of the "Advanced Settings" capability

Published Aug 31, 2002

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.39%

Description

CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via terminating quotes and metacharacters in text fields of the "Advanced Settings" capability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.39% 0.01387

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01387

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.39% (0.01387)	71.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.39% (0.01387)	68.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.64% (0.00636)	68.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.53% (0.01534)	87.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2024	1.53% (0.01534)	87.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.53% (0.01534)	85.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0091.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4451
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0091.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4451		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 31, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Aug 16, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0924

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0924

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0924