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CVE-2002-0495

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

csSearch.cgi in csSearch 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the savesetup command and the setup parameter, which overwrites the setup.cgi configuration file that is loaded by csSearch.cgi.

Affected products

• Cgiscript Cssearch Professional: through 2.3

References

• http://www.cgiscript.net/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=cgi.db&command=viewone&id=7
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8636.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264169
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4368
• http://www.cgiscript.net/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=cgi.db&command=viewone&id=7
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8636.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264169
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4368

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