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CVE-2001-0523

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

eEye SecureIIS versions 1.0.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to bypass filtering of requests made to SecureIIS by escaping HTML characters within the request, which could allow a remote attacker to use restricted variables and perform directory traversal attacks on vulnerable programs that would otherwise be protected.

Affected products

• Eeye Digital Security Secureiis: 1.0.2
• Eeye Digital Security Securells: through 1.0.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0185.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0197.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6563
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6564
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0185.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0197.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6563
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6564

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