CVE-2002-2175 — phpSquidPass before 0.2 uses an incomplete regular expression to find a matching username in its database, which allows remote authenticated attackers to effectively delete other usernames via a short username that matches the end of the targeted username

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phpSquidPass before 0.2 uses an incomplete regular expression to find a matching username in its database, which allows remote authenticated attackers to effectively delete other usernames via a short username that matches the end of the targeted username

Published Nov 16, 2005

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.84%

Description

phpSquidPass before 0.2 uses an incomplete regular expression to find a matching username in its database, which allows remote authenticated attackers to effectively delete other usernames via a short username that matches the end of the targeted username.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.84% 0.05838

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

EPSS probability 0.05838

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	5.84% (0.05838)	92.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.84% (0.05838)	92.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.22% (0.00217)	42.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.53% (0.00530)	77.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.53% (0.00533)	76.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.53% (0.00533)	73.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102508071021631&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=188359
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9417.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5090
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102508071021631&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=188359		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9417.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5090		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 16, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 16, 2005

Link CVE-2002-2175

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-2175

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-2175