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CVE-2002-1742

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SOAP::Lite 0.50 through 0.52 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary Perl functions by suppling a non-existent function in a script using a SOAP::Lite module, which causes the AUTOLOAD subroutine to trigger.

Affected products

• Paul Kulchenko Soap Lite: 0.50, 0.51, 0.52

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267051
• http://use.perl.org/articles/02/04/09/000212.shtml?tid=5
• http://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=58&a=9
• http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=58&a=9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4493
• http://www.soaplite.com/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8838
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267051
• http://use.perl.org/articles/02/04/09/000212.shtml?tid=5
• http://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=58&a=9

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